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Top Tips for Managing Your DNA Matches

When: Thursday, 9 February, 2023

 When you first open your DNA results, you are faced with thousands of matches. These are people who share some identical segments of DNA that you have.

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Ireland and World War 1

When: Friday, 11 November, 2022

Beginning on the 28th of July 1914 World War 1  or the Great War as it's often referred led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties resulting in the destabilization of Europe and a revolution in Russia.

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Remembering our Irish Ancestors

Remembering our Irish Ancestors

When: Tuesday, 7 November, 2023

Samhain, the 3-day Celtic Feast of the Dead, was celebrated in Ireland up until the 14th century when Rome decreed November 1st and 2nd as "holy days of obligation".

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The Irish Wake - 5 Facts

The Irish Wake - 5 Facts

When: Monday, 6 November, 2023

Opposed by the Roman Catholic clergy throughout the nineteenth century, the “Merry Wake” was performed right up to the first half of the twentieth century.

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County in Focus - Cork

County in Focus - Cork

When: Saturday, 9 July, 2022

The nickname Rebel County comes from a long history of rebellion beginning with the arrival of Vikings in the 9th century but it was Cork's support of Perkin Warbeck in 1491 (a pretender to the throne) that earned them the title 'Rebel Country' by the English Monarchy.

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Chronicles Insight - Irish Fathers of Horror

Irish Fathers of Horror - Sheridan, James and Stoker

When: Wednesday, 25 October, 2023

Joseph Thomas Sheridan

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IrelandXO Cook Club - Barmbrack

IrelandXO Cook Club - Barmbrack

When: Monday, 23 October, 2023

Photo: duchas.ie In 19th-century Ireland, Tea & Barmbrack was considered a "substantial breakfast", a "comfortable meal" and an "abundant repast" for any occasion.

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Halloween Traditions across Ireland

Halloween Traditions across Ireland

When: Monday, 23 October, 2023

IMAGE: dúchas.ie "Whatever point the wind is blowing from on Hallow E'en... it will blow from that direction for the rest of the year."

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XO Chronicles - Merciless Landlords and Landladies

XO Chronicles - Merciless Landlords and Landladies

When: Thursday, 19 October, 2023

Infamy and eviction

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Irish FREE Civil Records

Irish Civil Records Online For Free

When: Tuesday, 15 November, 2022

Since 2016, the General Register Office has progressively given free access to over 15.5 million historic register records of births, marriages and death, ensuring that Ireland continues to lead the way in making genealogical information available to the public. The FREE Irish Genealogy

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