News from Ireland

Creating Connections Playback: Irish Emigration Sources

Creating Connections Playback: Irish Emigration Sources

When: Friday, 31 December, 2021

Scroll 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:

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Researching Irish Passenger List of the Immigrant Ships

When: Monday, 5 September, 2022

by Brian Mitchell, Genealogy, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Tower Museum

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Chronicles Insight - Irish Stars of the Silver Screen

Chronicles Insight - Irish Stars of the Silver Screen

When: Friday, 20 November, 2020

This 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.

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Setting up the Irish School System

Setting up the Irish National School System

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 “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

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Young Boys in Connemara c.1892  Miss Crowe and Mr Gildea with their pupils at Kilglass National School, Ahascragh, Co.Galway [          ]

Irish National Education sources relating to the 19th Century

When: Friday, 15 April, 2022

A new school system begins

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Top Tips for Managing Your DNA Matches

When: Thursday, 9 February, 2023

 When 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.

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World War 1 - Recruitment Poster - Ireland

Ireland and World War 1

When: Friday, 11 November, 2022

Beginning 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.

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Remembering our Irish Ancestors

Remembering our Irish Ancestors

When: Tuesday, 7 November, 2023

Samhain, 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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The Irish Wake - 5 Facts

The Irish Wake - 5 Facts

When: Monday, 6 November, 2023

Opposed by the Roman Catholic clergy throughout the nineteenth century, the “Merry Wake” was performed right up to the first half of the twentieth century.

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County in Focus - Cork

County in Focus - Cork

When: Saturday, 9 July, 2022

The nickname Rebel County comes from a long history of rebellion beginning with the arrival of Vikings in the 9th century but it was Cork's support of Perkin Warbeck in 1491 (a pretender to the throne) that earned them the title 'Rebel Country' by the English Monarchy.

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