News from Ireland
From Irish Workhouses to Other Worlds
When: Friday, 18 January, 2019Bridget Kirby - Kilmacthomas Workhouse
IrelandXOChronicles Insight - Irish in New Zealand
When: Wednesday, 12 August, 2020There has been a steady flow of people migrating from Ireland to New Zealand dating all the way back to the earliest days of European arrivals in Aotearoa. Let’s take a look at the experiences of some of New Zealand’s 19th century Irish settlers.
IrelandXOChronicles Insight - Quinn's Immigration Scheme
When: Monday, 24 August, 2020The First Bishop of Brisbane
IrelandXOXO Chronicles - Great Hunger Survivors
When: Monday, 31 August, 2020Rather than be weakened by their experiences, many Irish people lived long and prosperous lives. Our members have been sharing stories of their Irish centenarian ancestors, that were born during or before the famine.
IrelandXOChronicles Insight - Irish Educators
When: Wednesday, 2 September, 2020Image: c1902 Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway. Original owned by NLI.
IrelandXOIrelandXO Chronicles - A Diverse Diaspora
When: Thursday, 24 September, 2020Our Irish diaspora is as diverse as the many countries that our ancestors emigrated to. Our emigrants opened our eyes and minds to different cultures and today, both at home and abroad, Irish people can lay claim to ancestry that comes from many different continents.
IrelandXOBringing the Mountbellew 'Orphan' Girls Home
When: Friday, 25 September, 2020November 1852 was a dark month in east Galway and made even more so by the lingering effects of An Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger, which had blighted the land for the previous 7 years causing the deaths and emigration of millions. In that month a group of 30 young girls set off from Mountbellew Work
Mountbellew (Galway) GalwayDESCUBRE TUS RAÍCES IRLANDESAS
When: Monday, 28 September, 2020¿Sabías que a lo largo de los siglos más de 10 millones de personas han emigrado de la isla de Irlanda? Hoy se estima que hasta 70 millones de personas en todo el mundo son de origen irlandés.
IrelandXOSearch our entire Message Board - 160,000 posts and replies!
When: Tuesday, 10 November, 2020General Post Office, Dublin. During the past 10 years, we have welcomed over 160,000 posts and replies on our message board and helped thousands of people reconnect with their ancestors' place of origin in Ireland.
IrelandXOXO Chronicles - Remembering WW1
When: Wednesday, 11 November, 2020Many more Irish men and women joined the allied forces in the countries they had emigrated to, and thousands, such as Patrick Conheady and Charles Sharpe, gave up their lives in the ensuing battles.
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