News from County Galway

Chronicles Insight - Trials and Transportation

Chronicles Insight - Trials and Transportation

When: Tuesday, 7 December, 2021

The sentence of Penal Transportation was carried out in Ireland from 1791 to 1853. This form of punishment involved the removal of convicted criminals from the land of their birth and relocating them elsewhere, most commonly to Australia.

Portumna (Galway) Galway
East Galway Black 47 DNA Project

East Galway Black 47 DNA Project

When: Wednesday, 19 January, 2022

The local group are looking for people in the area who can show local ancestry going back three generations. They are also looking for people who have already done a DNA test in the area.

Galway
IrelandXO

Connecting with Irish cousins after 40 years of searching

When: Tuesday, 24 November, 2015

Picture above:  Maggie May left Inverin in the latter half of the 19th century, in the wake of the great famine.

Killannin (Galway) Galway
President Michael D. Higgins in Arus Einne

Cuairt an Uachtaráin M.D. Ó Uiginn ar Inis Oírr, Oileáin Arainn

When: Thursday, 19 September, 2013

Tháinig an tUachtarán M.D. Ó Uiginn ar cuairt oifigiúl chuigh Inis Oírr,Oileáin Arainn ar an 19ú Mean Fomhair 2013.Thugj an helicoptear go dtí an oileáin é.

Inis Meain (Galway) Galway
Moylough Castle

Joan Koesterherm Connects to Moylough

When: Saturday, 27 July, 2013

Joan, a fifth generation descendant of John and Mary Griffin and a cousin of Margaret (Griffin) Clark, posted a query on the Moylough parish section of the Ireland Reaching Out website in October of 2012 seeking information on the Griffin family.

Moylough (Galway) Galway
Deirdre, Coleman, Colin, Trent, Noel and Declan Shaughnessy

Christina Shaughnessy found new relatives in Galway

When: Saturday, 29 September, 2012

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
Ardrahan Parish Group

Finding Kellys in Ardrahan, Co. Galway

When: Saturday, 1 September, 2012

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
Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea

A thirty year search leads to the Carmelite Abbey of St. Mary's in Loughrea.

When: Saturday, 4 August, 2012

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
The Snow of Black 47

The Snow of Black 47

When: Monday, 3 March, 1947

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

Claregalway

When: Monday, 3 April, 2017

Claregalway.info was created as part of an effort to engage new residents of Claregalway with the community and history surrounding them. You can learn more about the effort by clicking on the link below that will take you to the website.

Claregalway (Baile Chláir) Galway