News from Ireland
An Irish Wake for the Living: American Wake
When: Wednesday, 11 May, 2022Picture above: An 1868 engraving by Henry Doyle, entitled 'Emigrants Leaving Ireland'.
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Ireland XO Genealogy Round Up
When: Sunday, 22 October, 2017An interactive guide to burials in Fingal (http://buried.fingal.ie/)
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Personal objects - historical artefacts
When: Wednesday, 31 May, 2017Evidence 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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Local Diaspora Engagement Fund
When: Friday, 12 February, 2016From Department of the Taoiseach
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I think you've struck gold!
When: Friday, 17 June, 2016Ask a simple question
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Connection Story - New Zealand and Annaghdown
When: Tuesday, 7 February, 2017Pictured above: Heather with her daughter Linda and Ireland Reaching Out Volunteer, Paul Grainey Fiona Fitzsimons in conversation with Heather Maloney.
Annaghdown (Galway) Galway
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) Sligo
The Freebird Club - over 50s Social & Travel
When: Tuesday, 11 July, 2017The Freebird Club is the Dublin based start-up which aims to disrupt the traditional notion of ageing by mobilizing and fostering connections between older people, and championing a new ‘caring approach’ to the sharing economy.
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Record Turnout for Farming & Country Life 1916
When: Monday, 13 June, 2016Ireland Reaching Out was at the event in the 1916 village we were delighted to meet with so many people interested in both finding out more about their own Irish ancestry and also sharing their knowledge with people around the world who may need assistance at a local level.
Athenry (Galway) Galway
A visit to a broken, old stone house
When: Tuesday, 7 June, 2016Robert Horwood has just returned home to Australia after a visit to Killaloe, Co. Clare. In April he posted a message to the XO Message Board seeking further information about his ancestors, Thomas Crowe and his wife Margaret O'Donnell from Co. Clare.
Killaloe (Clare) Clare