Connection Story - Chicago and Ardagh
When: Wednesday, 13 March, 2019Picture Above: Jeanie, Brad, Matt and Paddy Lewis with Seamus Callaghan and Mary Kury at the O'Connor Homestead in Kilscannell
Ardagh (Limerick)
Connection Story - Surrey and County Offaly
When: Friday, 1 February, 2019Last 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)
Reconnecting with Kiltormer
When: Tuesday, 20 November, 2018The 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)
Connection Story - Massachusetts and Cork
When: Monday, 12 November, 2018Picture above: Cousins Anne LeBlanc and Geraldine meet in Kinsale for the first time.
Kinsale (Cork)
Connection Story - Canada and Loughrea
When: Thursday, 13 September, 2018Image 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)
Connection Story - Cleveland & Silvermines, County Tipperary.
When: Thursday, 14 June, 2018Main Photo: the family home in Boherbee in the 1830s with Great Uncles Michael and Ned standing at the gate
Ireland XO
Connection Story - Baltimore and Silvermines, Co.Tipperary
When: Wednesday, 21 February, 2018John 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.
Ireland XO
Standing on the spot her ancestors were married - 156 years to the day later
When: Friday, 3 November, 2017Picture: Traditional Farmers Cottage, Portsalon, Fanad (Mid-late 1800s). On right, Deborah Davies in Donegal in 2015
Clondavaddog (Donegal)
Barry and Cook families remembered in County Limerick
When: Monday, 25 September, 2017In 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)
Connection Story - Scotland and Sligo
When: Wednesday, 15 February, 2017In 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)