O'Doherty Clan Reunion 2020
When: Monday, 9 March, 2020Ó Dochartaigh ~ O'Doherty Clan Reunion 2020
Donegal
Chronicles Insight - Pioneering Irish Women of Sport
When: Friday, 6 March, 2020Sophie Peirce-Evans
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Got an ancestor named after St Patrick?
When: Sunday, 1 March, 2020IMAGE: "St. Patrick Banishes the Serpents" by jimfitzpatrick.com
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IrelandXO Insight - Your County just before the Famine
When: Sunday, 1 March, 2020First published in 1837, Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland is one of the most valuable and unique sources of local history in Ireland. The equivalent of a tourist's "Lonely Planet Guide" in its day, this dictionary came in two volumes, with an accompanying atlas.
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Chronicles Workshop in Loughrea Library
When: Friday, 28 February, 2020We started the day by getting everyone signed up to the website. Once this was accomplished we were ready to start interacting with our own civil parishes. We learned about how to search for and join a parish so that we receive updates on that particular area.
Loughrea (Galway)
IrelandXO Insight - First steps to finding your Irish ancestors
When: Friday, 28 February, 2020A good start is half the work
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IrelandXO Insight - how DNA can help you connect with Ireland
When: Friday, 28 February, 2020One of the most frequent hurdles encountered by people searching for their Irish roots is that all they know about their ancestor is that he or she “came from Ireland”. And that’s it. No other information.
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New Online: Maps of Ulster from 1609
When: Friday, 21 February, 2020First published in 1861, the "Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ireland, 1609" atlas is the newest digital addition to the QUB Special Collection online. Among the 31 facsimiles of maps of Ireland dating from c.1594 to 1609, in this collection are:
Antrim
Irish Leap Year Traditions
When: Thursday, 20 February, 2020Though in some cultures this extra day comes and goes like any other, in Ireland, we have the long-held tradition of Leap Day proposals. In years gone by, the 29th of February was the one day, every four years, when women co
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Tell us where you Ancestor emigrated to
When: Monday, 17 February, 2020If you have already created an Ancestor Chronicle you can now edit it to also include information about whether they stayed in Ireland or moved abroad. Follow the instructions in this video and remember to save your changes at the end.
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