News from Ireland
Chronicles Webinar Playback: Irish Poets & Poetry
When: Friday, 5 February, 2021After a break over the Holidays we returned to the Chronicles Webinar series with a discussion of Irish poets and poetry.
IrelandXOIrelandXO Book Club – Winter Edition
When: Thursday, 30 November, 2023If you want to recommend a title for our next edition, or add a local-interest book to the Local Guide, scroll to the bottom to find out how. 1. Through Her Eyes, Clodagh Finn (2019)
IrelandXOCreating Connections Playback: Irish Emigration Sources
When: Friday, 31 December, 2021Scroll down for video We are back to give more guidance about connecting with your Irish place of origin, by looking at Irish Emigration. This webinar will focus on:
IrelandXOResearching Irish Passenger List of the Immigrant Ships
When: Monday, 5 September, 2022by Brian Mitchell, Genealogy, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Tower Museum
IrelandXOChronicles Insight - Irish Stars of the Silver Screen
When: Friday, 20 November, 2020This week we enjoyed welcoming people from all over the world to our Hollywood-themed webinar. If you missed Thursday's meet up, here is another chance to catch up with the historical characters that were discussed.
IrelandXOSetting up the Irish National School System
When:“The achievement of Catholic Emancipation in 1829 was a practical demonstration that Catholic demands for fair treatment could not be suppressed any longer and a national school system under state control seemed to the government the best way of directing educational
IrelandXOIrish National Education sources relating to the 19th Century
When: Friday, 15 April, 2022A new school system begins
IrelandXOTop Tips for Managing Your DNA Matches
When: Thursday, 9 February, 2023When you first open your DNA results, you are faced with thousands of matches. These are people who share some identical segments of DNA that you have.
IrelandXOIreland and World War 1
When: Friday, 11 November, 2022Beginning on the 28th of July 1914 World War 1 or the Great War as it's often referred led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties resulting in the destabilization of Europe and a revolution in Russia.
IrelandXORemembering our Irish Ancestors
When: Tuesday, 7 November, 2023Samhain, the 3-day Celtic Feast of the Dead, was celebrated in Ireland up until the 14th century when Rome decreed November 1st and 2nd as "holy days of obligation".
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