Scroll down for video Did you know that at least 50% of Liverpudlians can claim Irish ancestry? And many more of our ancestors would have travelled through this famous Irish Sea port on their way to other foreign destinations.
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Picture above: the Beacon of Hope Monument in Belfast's Thanksgiving Square
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This week we enjoyed welcoming people from all over the world to our Hollywood-themed webinar. If you missed Thursday's meet up, here is another chance to catch up with the historical characters that were discussed.
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We will be using the XO Chronicles to learn about movie stars of the past who were of Irish birth or blood. Travel may be off the cards for the moment, but we can still connect with our Global Irish Community and learn more about our shared ancestry.
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The initial cause of the Irish Famine was the failure of the potato crop, due to a disease called Blight. However, it was a combination of disastrous political actions and poor social structures that turned the crisis into a tragedy of un-precedented proportions.
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Many more Irish men and women joined the allied forces in the countries they had emigrated to, and thousands, such as Patrick Conheady and Charles Sharpe, gave up their lives in the ensuing battles.
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General Post Office, Dublin. During the past 10 years, we have welcomed over 160,000 posts and replies on our message board and helped thousands of people reconnect with their ancestors' place of origin in Ireland.
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Here we have put together three individuals from Ireland’s history and diaspora who were noted for their engineering ingenuity.
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Now you can catch up with webinars through these recordings, which enable you to watch them at your own pace and also follow up with the information shared directly, through the additional resources included on each page.
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1. Why was it called a Workhouse?
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