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This guide provides a structured approach for chatting with older relatives about their memories of life in Ireland long ago. It outlines specific questions to help keep the conversation flowing.
Freely accessible military records highlight women’s contribution to Ireland’s fight for independence, with Mary and Margaret O’Neill showing how Cumann na mBan sustained operations in West Cork.
Alongside human remains, a horse’s skull and horse-related artefacts were found in 1848 at Athlumney, near Navan, Co. Meath. This discovery sheds light on the intriguing pagan Viking horse cult.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released the first table from the long-awaited 1926 census, offering insights into the working lives of men and women in the early years of the Irish Free State.
The Dublin Players toured the US from 1951–58, bringing classic Irish plays to off-Broadway stages and captivating audiences across America.
A blow-by-blow account of the 1318 Battle of Faughart in Louth – a clash between the Anglo-Irish and an alliance of Scottish and Irish forces, which culminated in the demise of Edward Bruce, king of Ireland.
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.
North Cork and West Cork graveyards have been included in the latest burial record release by Skibbereen Heritage Centre, with a searchable database attracting strong interest from diaspora and locals.
In this article, Margaret O’Dwyer delves into the often-overlooked history and architecture of the historic rural residences of the lesser gentry, focusing on her home parish of Barryroe in West Cork.
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