News from Ireland
Armagh City's built heritage to be restored
When: Friday, 29 January, 2016The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced a £1.98m grant in support of initial plans to restore and enhance Armagh City’s built heritage.
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Good Wife Star Chris Noth researches his Irish roots in Cavan
When: Friday, 29 January, 2016Chris's great great grandfather came from the villlage of Knockbride. He visited Cavan County Library on Wednesday to find our more about his family tree . It is ascertained that his ancestors left Cavan to emigrate to Canada in the 1800s
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Caherlistrane
When: Monday, 21 December, 2015Written by Mary J Murphy, it's fifty-plus townlands are tucked neatly into 56 square miles in north County Galway, and Eilish is involved because her journalist-grandfather, Michael McHugh, was born in one of those townlands, Raheen, in 1873.
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Have YOUR story feature in the new Irish Diaspora Museum - Opens May 2016
When: Tuesday, 12 January, 2016As part of this permanent exhibition, the curators and creative team of EPIC Ireland wish to feature Irish emigrant stories. They are seeking personal stories about people who left Ireland and went on to do something unique, unexpected or surprising.
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National Library of Ireland announces partnership with Google’s 1916 virtual experience
When: Tuesday, 12 January, 2016As well as bringing viewers worldwide to parts of Dublin synonymous with the Rising, the interactive Google Street View tour also offers unique access to important historical and cultural resource material.
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Ireland Reaching Out Chairperson features in Irish Lives Remembered
When: Wednesday, 9 December, 2015Mike Feerick was born in New York City to Mayo parents and at the age of 4, the whole famliy moved back to Ireland to eventually settle in Tiernascragy in County Galway.
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Knock It Off Operation Transformation
When: Thursday, 5 November, 2015
Celtic Revival Art Collection
When: Sunday, 9 August, 2015The museum collection includes embroidered banners designed by Jack B. Yeats and created by the Dun Emer Guild (which included the Yeats sisters), as well as art by Sarah Purser, and Evie Hone.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
An Island Community: The Ebb and Flow of the Great Blasket Island.
When: Thursday, 9 July, 2015An Island Community: The Ebb and Flow of the Great Blasket Island is a voluminous social history of the abandoned Great Blasket Island, off the wild south west coast of Ireland, which touches on its history, culture and folklore.