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  • Lena/ Joe McGinty on Peggy McIntyre

    30/11/2020
    Congratulations. Fintan.

  • Neil O'Donnell on Peggy McIntyre

    30/11/2020
    An amazing Lady without doubt, I remember her well, she was always kind to us when we went to her...

  • Michael Mc Hugh on Peggy McIntyre

    30/11/2020
    Not absolutely certain of my facts, but the original road to the Ferry was called Bother na Claddi, and I...

  • michael mc hugh on Peggy McIntyre

    29/11/2020
    Our family lived next door to her and I remember her well as a strong old lady right up to...

  • Finbarr Connolly on Dolan Occupants House No. 1

    26/11/2020
    Patricia, we've now added the death notice for your grandfather John Dolan, died in 1913 aged 35 from Addison's disease....

  • James Morgan on Séamus Mac Evilly

    23/11/2020
    Seamus McEvilly was my grandmother's first cousin. Her mother, Bridget O'Malley (nee McEvilly) and Seamus's father, Michael, were brother and...

  • Patricia Kent on Dolan Occupants House No. 1

    22/11/2020
    My name is Patricia Kent (Maiden name Dolan) I am researching my family history. This was the family home of...

  • Louis Meehan on Killary Lodge, County Mayo – 1912

    21/11/2020
    Hi Dominic McGreal, Yes, we are related through the McGreal line. My great grandfather (Jimmy's father) was John Meehan and...

  • Joan Burke on Rev. Fr Seán Francis Byron

    21/11/2020
    Fr Sean Byron was my mother’s 1st cousin- their mothers were sisters.

  • Noelene Beckett Crowe on 1922 letter: a contemporaneous account of events from the time of the great explosion at the Four Courts.

    20/11/2020
    Donal this is excellent history you have...thanks for sharing. What a wonderful legacy to have in family archives.

  • Stephen McGrath on The McGrath Brothers

    12/11/2020
    Ashley could you please get in touch with Dermot McGrath or myself Stephen McGrath regarding the letters. Thanks .

  • Brendan McSherry on Rohesia’s Castle

    09/11/2020
    Nice to see the mention of Beeston castle, which is in Cheshire, on the English side of the Welsh border....

  • Brendan McSherry on Hidden in Plain Sight – a Medieval Architectural Fragment at Marlfield

    09/11/2020
    Excellent! There is another fragment in the steps in the wall beside the road to the west of the lake...

  • Noelene Beckett Crowe on Delia Murphy

    07/11/2020
    An article titled 'Blackbird of ballads' was published by Aine Ryan in the Mayo News 3rd November 2020 pages 24...

  • Noelene Beckett Crowe on Online Network Meeting, 3rd November 2020

    03/11/2020
    Congrats Lorna...this is wonderful information on the site. Congrats also on the Award of Best Network of Archives 2020 U....

  • Finbarr Connolly on Hanly Occupants House No. 10

    30/10/2020
    Thanks for your comment George. Here is the marriage entry for Michael Hanly and Mary Casey: https://www.ouririshheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/michael-hanly-mary-casey-1872.jpg and sure enough...

  • Pauline Mulroy on Thomas Moran

    30/10/2020
    Great bit of history there. I enjoyed reading it

  • george kelly on Hanly Occupants House No. 10

    27/10/2020
    Hi I'm a grand nephew of Sean Og-sister Margaret my grmother.His nickname of Sean Og came from his grfather John...

  • Tom Cooney on Dhuish National School, Shercock, Co. Cavan 1875-1975

    23/10/2020
    My granduncle Peter Farrelly attended this school. My grandfather Thomas Farrelly also must have attended it. Their parents were Bessie...

  • Kevin Patrick Tunney on Michael Kneafsey

    23/10/2020
    did you know the Tunneys from Strade?

  • Colleen Reidy on An afternoon with a currach fisherman

    21/10/2020
    Great little story of the Currachs on beautiful Clare Island, many O’Grady & Burns cousins there, look forward to a...

  • Aaron Larkin on My Granny

    20/10/2020
    It is great to look back at this now when I'm fifteen and I'm in transition year now

  • Séamus Bourke on An afternoon with a currach fisherman

    17/10/2020
    Great to hear about this local history Nolly.

  • Dominic McGreal on Killary Lodge, County Mayo – 1912

    09/10/2020
    Hello Louis Meehan, I am glad to hear from you. That's right, we are distant cousins, of course your grandmother...
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  • 1922 letter: a contemporaneous account of events from the time of the great explosion at the Four Courts.

    17/11/2020
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