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  • BALLYENGLAND CASTLE

    BALLYENGLAND CASTLE

    04/08/2022
    Traditional Irish Name Baile an Aingleontaigh/Baile Aingleont, England’s place or town. Associated Families England; King; Hewson. Location Barony, Connello Lower. Civil Parish, Askeaton. Townland, Ballyengland Upper. OS Map ...
  • ASKEATON CASTLE

    ASKEATON CASTLE

    04/08/2022
    Traditional Irish Name Es Geiphtíne, the cataract (small waterfall) of Geiphtin. Associated Families De Valognes; FitzGerald/Earls of Desmond; Berkeley. Location Barony, Connello Lower. Civil Parish, Askeaton. Townland, ...
  • ADARE CASTLE

    ADARE CASTLE

    04/08/2022
    Traditional Irish Name Áth Dara, ford of the oak. Associated Families De Marisco; FitzGerald/Earls of Kildare. Location Barony, Coshma. Civil Parish, Adare. Townland, Adare. OS Map Ref: Sheet ...
  • Digital Preservation for Cultural Heritage

    Digital Preservation for Cultural Heritage

    26/07/2022
    What is DigitalPreservation and what has it got to do with CulturalHeritage DRI and @NLIreland produced a short video through @RDA_Ireland ...
  • Croagh Patrick Excavations

    Croagh Patrick Excavations

    25/07/2022
    This site is located on the summit of Croagh Patrick overlooking Clew Bay, Co. Mayo (Fig. 12.5.1.) The excavation was ...
  • Balla, Co. Mayo

    Balla, Co. Mayo

    25/07/2022
    The Town of Balla  or Ballagh / Bal  is important to the tradition of County Mayo with St. Patrick.  During ...
  • Photos of Mocollop Castle

    Photos of Mocollop Castle

    22/07/2022
  • Ballinvreena Plaque Unveiling, 2021

    Ballinvreena Plaque Unveiling, 2021

    13/06/2022
    At Ballinvreena Hall in south-east County Limerick, on the 12th September 2021, a plaque was unveiled to the memory of ...
  • Online Network Meeting 7 June 2022

    Online Network Meeting 7 June 2022

    09/06/2022
    This Meeting took place on-line Via Zoom on Tuesday 7th June Meeting Agenda 11.00am    Welcome & introduction to new members 11.15am    ...
  • Lobster fishing season is no pot luck

    Lobster fishing season is no pot luck

    08/06/2022
    This time of year is lobster season for many fishermen. Along the Irish coast, boats will make perhaps several journeys ...
  • DNA: Presentation and Advice, How to build a family tree, Friday 27th May

    DNA: Presentation and Advice, How to build a family tree, Friday 27th May

    25/05/2022
    For more information on the Mayo Genealogy Group see here DNA: Presentation and Advice, How to build a family tree Park Hotel ...
  • Kilfinane Brooch

    Kilfinane Brooch

    12/05/2022
    Soon after its foundation, the Kilfinane/Coshlea Historical Society adopted the Kilfinane Abbey Brooch as its logo. The history and importance ...
  • Church at Kilmolash and Easter

    Church at Kilmolash and Easter

    12/05/2022
    Copyright: Arway Publications, 2022 In the west of County Waterford, Ireland, in a rural area known as Kilmolash, where it borders ...
  • Home to Mayo: Genealogy Week 9-14 May 2022

    Home to Mayo: Genealogy Week 9-14 May 2022

    03/05/2022
    For more information on the Mayo Genealogy Group see here
  • Community engagement central to boat gallery development

    Community engagement central to boat gallery development

    27/04/2022
    The development of the new traditional boat gallery at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life is progressing to ...
  • Historian Skills: Lecture 6

    Historian Skills: Lecture 6

    06/04/2022
  • John McCarthy and Sons, Funeral Directors

    John McCarthy and Sons, Funeral Directors

    27/03/2022
    At the Registry of Deeds in Dublin, the following entry is recorded: ‘A memorial of an Agreement bearing date 7th July ...
  • Online Network Meeting 15 March 2022

    Online Network Meeting 15 March 2022

    25/03/2022
    This Meeting took place on-line Via Zoom on Tuesday 15th March. Meeting Agenda 11.00am Welcome & a minutes silence in remembrance of Mr ...
  • Historian Skills: Lecture 5

    Historian Skills: Lecture 5

    25/03/2022
  • Eva O'Flaherty (1874 - 1963)

    Eva O'Flaherty (1874 - 1963)

    24/03/2022
    Eva O’Flaherty was an Irish nationalist, Parisienne model, entrepreneur, patron of the arts and London milliner who founded a successful ...
  • The Last St Patrick's Day

    The Last St Patrick's Day

    23/03/2022
    My Irish grandmother, Nora Oates Sheils, died tragically in 1922 when my mother was 18 months old. When I learned ...
  • Mayo Genealogy Group recognised with award

    Mayo Genealogy Group recognised with award

    23/03/2022
    On behalf of the National Museum of Ireland and the Irish Community Archive Network, huge congratulations to the award-winning Mayo ...
  • Michael Viney: Mayo's wild terrain was once the largest farm in Ireland

    Michael Viney: Mayo's wild terrain was once the largest farm in Ireland

    22/03/2022
    This article was originally published in the Irish Times on 12 March, 20221 Another Life: In 1850, as famine raged, Captain ...
  • Historian Skills: Lecture 4

    Historian Skills: Lecture 4

    21/03/2022
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Latest comments
  • Tony S on The Mc Greal Family

    25/01/2023
    My grandmother was Nora McGreal came to America with her brother Austin in I believe 1910. She was from Westport....
  • Fionnuala on Ballygill Bridge, scene of the last known fatal duel in Ireland

    24/01/2023
    Hi Annette, Malachy is my 3x GGF and Owen seemingly was a cousin. The story has had a few variations...
  • Eileen Dunne on The Sídhe – belief & customs in Co. Laois

    24/01/2023
    Only heard of this tonight from my friend.. Paddy who knows ye well... Im so intrigued.. Am reading everything now.....
  • Lorna Elms on Dún Laoghaire (Mallin) Railway Station

    23/01/2023
    Hi Denis, thank you for your eagle eye and for drawing our attention to that typo - it has now...
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