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  • maria.mcgrane on Kay Judge (Nee O’Hanlon)

    25/09/2023
    Mattie’s The first thing I loved about Mattie’s was it’s “Old Curiosity Shop” style and charm. It was different in...

  • Marguerite Powell on The Last St Patrick’s Day

    25/09/2023
    This article was so sad in parts and so heart-warming other parts. The descriptions of growing up Irish in the...

  • Colleen on St. Patrick’s Day Reborn

    24/09/2023
    What a wonderful journey! You have been able to connect with distant family, bring people together, and officially become an...

  • Patricia Ryan on Ryan Occupants House No. 9

    22/09/2023
    Patrick Ryan was my great grandfather. I am related through the progeny of his first wife.

  • Catherine Hawkins on Mary Hawkins (Nee Ashmore)

    19/09/2023
    Me mammy :)

  • Sandra VanStratt (Hyland, Flannery, Kilgallon) on iCAN

    17/09/2023
    I am SO grateful for your hard work and dedication to the preservation of our Irish heritage! Blessings to you...

  • P.J.O'Toole on Documenting Ireland’s last surviving traditional wooden boatyard

    16/09/2023
    So nice to see the boat building is alive and well and thriving, Long may it flourish.

  • Ciarán Scally on Documenting Ireland’s last surviving traditional wooden boatyard

    16/09/2023
    A beautiful pice of art. Great to see it kept alive. I’m surprised that the Donegal boatyards are still not...

  • Deirdre Carroll on St. Patrick’s Day Reborn

    09/09/2023
    The story of your journey in seeking out your Mayo roots and the elaborate search to find the resting place...

  • Carmel McEvey on St. Patrick’s Day Reborn

    08/09/2023
    An amazing story Tom of your connection and that of your ancestors to county Mayo. Your words create the excitement...

  • PETER MCGRATH on The McGrath Brothers

    31/08/2023
    I am trying to trace Ashley Scoggins regarding the McGrath brothers as below. Where can I learn more about the...

  • Kevin Bergin on Ballygill Bridge, scene of the last known fatal duel in Ireland

    28/08/2023
    Hello Fionnuala, I have numerous newspaper cuttings from that time that confirm that Malachy's father, Hugh Kelly, was at the...

  • Brian Thompson on Documenting Ireland’s last surviving traditional wooden boatyard

    24/08/2023
    Donegal is known as the forgotten county… McDonald boatbuilders in Greencastle seem to be forgotten too.

  • Thomas Seán Purdy on The Last St Patrick’s Day

    22/08/2023
    I’m forever thankful to all the readers of “The Last St. Patrick’s Day” and for your supportive comments. I’m excited...

  • paula kealy on Antoine O Raifteiri (Anthony Raftery)

    14/08/2023
    What means this crowd of people? What means this Beat of Drum? Why go there to the churchyard? From wherefore...

  • Mike Moran on Patrick Lavelle Knockbreaga

    13/08/2023
    I know the Railway cottage where Patrick Moran lived. It’s in Roskeen.

  • Barbara Murphy-Bridge on My Irish Roots

    04/08/2023
    August 4, 2023 My grandmother was Annie Ward daughter of Mary Anne McCOOL and James Alexander WARD . Annie was...

  • Thomas A Burke on Bridges over the Royal Canal

    30/07/2023
    Vincent, The Grand Canal was built in the 18th century, but the Royal Canal was later, so far as I...

  • Thomas A Burke on Boyne Viaduct

    30/07/2023
    "The" Boyne Viaduct, at Drogheda, but not the only one. Most people, if they ever knew, forget about the Boyne...

  • Evan on History of Portsalon Hotel, Co. Donegal

    26/07/2023
    Fantastic piece. I remember the hotel well. The "Snake Pit" disco which was likely a fire trap:) I remember the...

  • Valerie Sanderson on My Family From County Mayo

    16/07/2023
    My great grandparents were John and Margaret Murphy from Co Mayo their children Margaret, Annie, Danny and Mary { my...

  • Noel Campbell on National Museum of Ireland seeks Naomh Éanna material and memories

    14/07/2023
    Thanks Caitríona. Noel.

  • Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh on National Museum of Ireland seeks Naomh Éanna material and memories

    14/07/2023
    The online Dúchas collection Bailiúchán Béaloidis Árann also has some great photos of the Naomh Éanna from the 1960s-1980s as...

  • Carmel Geoghegan on John Reck – my time on the Dún Aengus and the Naomh Éanna

    14/07/2023
    Great memories of summer trips to Inis Oirr - being help into currach and brought ashore - what fun times...
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