Researching Irish ancestry becomes more challenging when tracing the maternal branches of our family tree. The good news is, we can help each other out by sharing what we know about our maternal line.
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IRISH GENEALOGY – FIRST STEPS FAQ #1 Where do I begin researching my Irish ancestry?
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Picture above: Mary Shanahan, Queen of the Plough 1961
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#1 Kitty Wilkinson
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A good start is half the work
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Between 1717 and the beginning of the War of American Independence in 1776, 250,000 Scots-Irish, often
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Until about 1900 the majority of land in Ireland (97% in 1870) was rented out to tenant farmers rather than used by the owner himself.
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In 1836, Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) gave Dublin's Fr John Spratt a reliquary containing the remains of Saint Valentine, as a gift of esteem.
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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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