News from Ireland

Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

Lewis' Topographical Dictionary

When: Friday, 25 August, 2017

The publication is part of works on England, Scotland and Wales, which together form Topographical Dictionaries of the three aforementioned countries and Ireland.

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Shavaghera National School

IrelandXO Insight - Disused School houses of Ireland

When: Friday, 19 August, 2016

Recently we introduced you to the National School Registers of the National Archives in our Ireland XO Insight - Irish National Education sources rela

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Inside GPO Athenry 1916 event

Caherlistrane/Kilcoona Centenary Monument unveiling Sun. 11th Sept at 5pm.

When: Friday, 26 August, 2016

A plan that would turn that tattered cloak back into a rich flowing cape. The parish would, suggested honorary long-time mayor, Brendan Gannon, build a magnificent statue in this centenary year.

Kilcoona (Galway) Galway
Churchtown Reunion

Churchtown Reunion

When: Saturday, 6 October, 2012

Meg's great great granddaughter, Claire Donohue, brought her photo from Long Island.

Churchtown North Cork (Cork) Cork
Visiting County Galway in search of Irish Ancestors

Connection Story - New Zealand and Annaghdown

When: Tuesday, 7 February, 2017

Pictured above: Heather with her daughter Linda and Ireland Reaching Out Volunteer, Paul Grainey Fiona Fitzsimons in conversation with Heather Maloney.

Annaghdown (Galway) Galway
These old walls

These old walls

When: Wednesday, 6 April, 2016

Here Jamie tells us her plans to connect with her grandfather's parish of origin

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Mary Coleman and Michael Joseph Cawley

Connection Story - Scotland and Sligo

When: Wednesday, 15 February, 2017

In December 2015 I registered and posted what information I had in my search for my maternal relatives Owen and Catherine Coleman.  Within this post I included details of my Gt.

Ballymote (Sligo) Sligo

Safe Home Ireland

When: Monday, 9 October, 2017

Thinking of moving or returning to Ireland?

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Personal objects - historical artefacts

When: Wednesday, 31 May, 2017

Evidence can come in many formats – documents, receipts from a wedding breakfast or funeral wake, letters post-cards and telegrams, old photos and cine-camera footage, newspaper cuttings, and artefacts – the simple mementoes we keep to remind us of key life events.

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Ireland XO Genealogy Round Up

When: Sunday, 22 October, 2017

An interactive guide to burials in Fingal (http://buried.fingal.ie/)

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