In late September the Ireland Reaching Out Office in Co. Galway had a visit from Christina Shaughnessy looking for assistance researching her family tree.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
I started out searching for my long lost relatives in County Galway about nine months ago. I had little more than my great grandmother's name and the name of the village, Ardrahan, where she grew up between 1870 and 1890 before she went to to the US.
Ardrahan (Galway) Galway
Margaret McKeown posted a message on the Loughrea parish message board from her home in western Australia asking for their assistance in gaining access to the locked Carmelite Abbey ruin in Loughrea, Co. Galway.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
Kathleen O'Connor had a photo of a gravestone of their great grandfather, William, and a story that their great-great-grandmother was buried in Rockmills.
Kildorrery (Cork) Cork
The spring of 1947, otherwise known as Black '47 saw the heaviest snowfall ever and it did not thaw for weeks. Late April and early May were very warm and the children had discarded their shoes and were going to school in their bare feet.
Peterswell (Galway) Galway
Sharavogue House, demolished 1920. Property of The Earl of Huntington .
Roscrea (Tipperary) Tipperary
A strange stillness settles over Ireland
Ireland XO
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Killukin Boyle (Roscommon) Roscommon
