News from Ireland
Regans in Tumna - North Roscommon
When: Wednesday, 2 February, 2022The presence of Regan families in the townlands between Cootehall in Roscommon, Leitrim Village, and Carrick on Shannon is recorded in the Census of Elfin in 1749.
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Searching for your Northern Irish Ancestors: A Three-step Guide
When: Saturday, 15 October, 2022Background There are 289 parishes in Northern Ireland (i.e. Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone).
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Ancestors Masterclass
When: Friday, 10 June, 2022How does it work? The Ancestor Chronicles are a way for you to reconnect and keep in touch with any local community that you or your ancestors may have once lived or worked in. You can post chronicles for any historical individual* connected to a parish or county, be it
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Cavan Townlands Website
When: Friday, 30 April, 2021cavantownlands.com is hosted by Michael McShane and his wife, Catherine Kerr. Although not a native of Cavan, Michael has traced his ancestors back to the townland of Cloggy in the parish of Killashandra.
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IrelandXO welcomes Visit Castlebar to Partner Network
When: Monday, 19 July, 2021Visit Castlebar is an initiative to market the Castlebar Municipal District to holidaymakers staying in the area, to holidaymakers staying elsewhere but visiting the area and short stay visitors.
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Calling the ‘Galway Tribal Diaspora'!
When: Tuesday, 8 September, 2015The Galway based heritage organisation is launching a new initiative entitled ‘The Galway Tribal Diaspora Project’ which aims to collect and record the stories of former Galway residents who have gone on to continue their life story beyond Irish shores.
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Earl Grey Assisted Emigration Scheme 1848 - 1850
When: Friday, 22 March, 2019Picture: Glass wall with Orphand Girls names engraved, Hyde Barracks Sydney
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Buildings & Places Masterclass
When: Tuesday, 26 May, 2020Whether you are new to researching an Irish place of origin, want to share local history with your parish diaspora, or planning a visit to the parish where all who came before them walked...
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Griffith Valuation & Tithe Applotment
When: Monday, 3 April, 2017Townland areas often appear to vary from the Tithe Applotment Books to the Griffith’s Valuation – this can generally be explained by the fact that very poor quality land was not taxable and hence not included in the earlier survey. All lands were included in the Griffith’s Valuation.
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Thank you - we have 10,000 Ancestors on the XO Chronicles!
When: Friday, 5 June, 2020The Ireland XO Chronicles bring to life the heritage of a community by documenting the people, the buildings and the events that existed at any time in the history of the parish. As part of this custom-built platform, IrelandXO has dedicated an individual space for chronicling ev
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