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When: Monday, 23 October, 2023Photo: duchas.ie In 19th-century Ireland, Tea & Barmbrack was considered a "substantial breakfast", a "comfortable meal" and an "abundant repast" for any occasion.
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Halloween Traditions across Ireland
When: Monday, 23 October, 2023IMAGE: dúchas.ie "Whatever point the wind is blowing from on Hallow E'en... it will blow from that direction for the rest of the year."
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XO Chronicles - Merciless Landlords and Landladies
When: Thursday, 19 October, 2023Infamy and eviction
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Irish Civil Records Online For Free
When: Tuesday, 15 November, 2022Since 2016, the General Register Office has progressively given free access to over 15.5 million historic register records of births, marriages and death, ensuring that Ireland continues to lead the way in making genealogical information available to the public. The FREE Irish Genealogy
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Irish Medieval Monastic Schools
When: Tuesday, 8 August, 2023In marked contrast with the other Western churches, which were organized on a national and episcopal basis, the Irish Church was tribal and monastic. This was quite natural.
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Best Irish Family Tree Makers
When: Tuesday, 14 November, 2023Talk to anyone who has spent some time researching their Irish ancestry, and they'll all tell you "it grows legs." Despite all our best efforts to keep things simple, Irish genealogy research is a bit... a lot... like our confusing signposts and winding boreens – a fun journey,
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New York and the Green Yacht from Derry
When: Tuesday, 5 September, 2023Over one hundred million Americans can trace an ancestor who arrived, from 1892, in the United States at Ellis Island.
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Ten Facts about Irish Gravestones
When: Tuesday, 1 November, 2022An ancestor's headstone holds the promise of uncovering clues that might take us back further. Headstone inscriptions can help us fill in gaps in our family histories – a date, a maiden name, it's all genealogy gold.
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Learn from the stars of Traditional Irish music
When: Monday, 25 September, 2023The courses came about when a number of stars of the Irish music scene gathered in the cultural hub of County Clare in the west of Ireland recently and set about imparting their tremendous knowledge and skills in a series of video lessons.
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