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Cillíní, burial sites traditionally used for unbaptized infants and marginalized individuals, often survive in remote areas. One such little-known cillín is located in Drumanure in Co. Clare.
From a small Gaeltacht village in Co. Cork, Timothy Manning went on to become a leading figure in the Catholic Church in the United States.
An intact Roman pot – believed to be the “first ever” found in Ireland – has been recovered during excavations on Drumanagh headland, near Loughshinny in north Co. Dublin.
In 1882 Maolra Seoighe (Myles Joyce) was wrongfully convicted of the savage murders of five of his neighbours and hanged in Galway prison. Over 100 years later he was officially pardoned.
A new guide offers practical advice on locating surviving fragments of the 19th-century census returns lost in the 1922 Four Courts fire.
Castle Caulfield, built on what had been O’Donnelly territory for hundreds of years, is linked to notable historical figures such as St Oliver Plunkett and John Wesley.
In the medieval period, an ecclesiastical site was founded on Church Island, the largest island on Lough Gill, Co. Sligo. The island preserves the ruins of a late medieval church, a cemetery and a reliquary structure.
Was Cromwell’s Bridge in Glengarriff, Co. Cork, named after Oliver Cromwell? Or is there another explanation for its name? Folklore pertaining to the name of the bridge abounds.
Did one of your ancestors fall on hard times? Using our handy genealogy guide, trace your ancestor’s story as we explore the surviving records for Ireland’s Poor Law unions and their dreaded workhouses.
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