Last October, Sally Rafferty contacted Ireland Reaching Out to let us know that she was coming to Birr in Count Offaly, along with her father Jim. She asked if there was someone available locally to help them discover more about their Irish place of origin.
Birr (Offaly)
The highlight of our trip to Ireland in September was meeting our distant relatives in Kiltormer! With the help of Ireland Reaching out, Mary McLaughlin, John Joe Conwell and Mary Lynch, we were able to re-co
Kiltormer (Galway)
Picture above: Cousins Anne LeBlanc and Geraldine meet in Kinsale for the first time.
Kinsale (Cork)
Image above: Walking in the footsteps of the Usshers Seeing the Land of the Usshers By Andrea Lister I was recently fortunate enough to travel to Ireland and see the land where on which my ancestors were born.
Loughrea (Galway)
Main Photo: the family home in Boherbee in the 1830s with Great Uncles Michael and Ned standing at the gate
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John Tobin and Catherine Hayes married about 1858 and had at least four children. Like so many families at that time, the future of these children was one lived-out in the USA. Bridget M.
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Picture: Traditional Farmers Cottage, Portsalon, Fanad (Mid-late 1800s). On right, Deborah Davies in Donegal in 2015
Clondavaddog (Donegal)
In the Autumn of 2012, I was in contact with Mary O'Grady through the Ireland XO website and she connected me with Martin Cleary, a member of the Knockainey Community Council, who was able to introduced me to Thomas F. Cooke, my closest cousin in Ireland.
Knockainey (Limerick)
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)
Pictured above: Heather with her daughter Linda and Ireland Reaching Out Volunteer, Paul Grainey Fiona Fitzsimons in conversation with Heather Maloney.
Annaghdown (Galway)
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