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Billie Eilish’s Irish heritage can be traced to West Cork, with two paternal great-grandparents hailing from the Lisbealad area near Dunmanway.
“Clonycavan Man”, the well-preserved 2,300-year-old Iron Age bog body from Co. Meath, wore hair gel imported from Southern France or Spain. It consists of a blend of vegetable plant oil and a resin.
This week’s word is whisht – a Hiberno-English term used throughout Ireland as an interjection or imperative verb to request silence or command someone to stop making noise and keep quiet.
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.
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.
The Dublin Players toured the US from 1951–58, bringing classic Irish plays to off-Broadway stages and captivating audiences across America.
A 2,000-year-old Iron Age bog body, initially dubbed Bellaghy Boy, has now been identified as a young female, aged between 17 and 22, following new research and is now known as Ballymacombs More Woman.
Our useful step-by-step genealogy guide outlines which church records have survived for Northern Ireland, what information they contain and where/how to access the resources.
A mass grave recently discovered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, may hold up to 120 Irish immigrants, many showing signs of having suffered violent deaths amid the 1832 cholera epidemic.
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