News from Ireland
The Story of Saint Patrick
When: Thursday, 17 March, 2022While most individual saints are venerated for their virtuous characteristics and morally sound behaviour, St Patrick's prominent place in saintly circles was earned as Ireland's very
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Chronicles Insight - Pioneering Irish Women in STEM
When: Tuesday, 31 August, 2021Women in Ireland were not permitted to attend University until 1885, and even then they were highly restricted in what they could study, and even how much they could do on campus in terms of joining societies and even being on campus late into the evening.
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IrelandXO Cook Club - Irish Soul Food
When: Saturday, 1 October, 2022Irish Soda Bread Soda bread – the staple of the people in rural Ireland especially (where yeast was hard to come by) is still a top favourite on this island today.
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Does the key to your Irish roots lie in Scotland?
When: Wednesday, 17 August, 2022Leaving the Land - Finding Work in Scotland
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Chronicles Insight - Irish in New York
When: Wednesday, 16 September, 2020Today the connection between Ireland and New York is celebrated at the annual Great Irish Fair of New York which takes place each September.
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Irish Linen Industry, Ran by Our Ancestors: Flax Growers List of 1796
When: Saturday, 1 May, 2021Picture: A Linen Bleach Green in County Down circa 1890
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Your ROSCOMMON parish just before the famine
When: Tuesday, 20 April, 2021Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland is one of the most valuable and unique sources of local history in Ireland. The equivalent of a tourist's "Lonely Planet Guide" in its day, this groundbreaking publicatio
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IrelandXO Insight - Irish Proverbs
When: Wednesday, 11 January, 2023"Cad é a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú?" What would the cat’s son do but kill mice? Explanation: Why would the child behave any other way when its parents are the very same?
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IrelandXO Favourite FREE Irish genealogy resources
When: Monday, 9 January, 2023The National Archives of Ireland What records do they hold?
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How to research ancestors who immigrated during the Irish Famine
When: Friday, 30 September, 2022The initial cause of the Irish Famine was the failure of the potato crop, due to a disease called Blight. However, it was a combination of disastrous political actions and poor social structures that turned the crisis into a tragedy of un-precedented proportions.
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