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Three of Taylor Swift’s ancestors immigrated to the United States from Ireland, including two great-great-great-grandparents who boarded a ship in Derry and a great-grandfather from Dublin city.
The banshee, a harbinger of death, has a strong presence in Mayo, with legends and encounters recounted throughout history. While belief in the banshee has waned, she remains an important part of local lore.
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.
In 1865, 15-year-old William Hynes from Cork stowed away on the SS Propontis to find a new life in America. There he became a soldier in the Indian Wars, a Populist politician and a popular writer.
Between 1746 and 1752, the Anglican Bishop of Elphin sent 221 letters to his only surviving child. Filled with banter, they offer a peek into the daily lives of the upper echelons of 18th-century Anglo-Irish society.
School records are a valuable resource for genealogical researchers. Our guide outlines the useful genealogical data documented in school registers and roll books, and explains where to access the records.
Clogagh cemetery holds a number of casualties of the War of Independence including Vol. Lt Patrick Crowley, Comdt Charlie Hurley and Capt Con Murphy.
We explore the documentary, archaeological and folkloric evidence relating to the Irish early medieval female saint Gobnait and take a look at the popular pilgrimage dedicated to her in Ballyvourney.
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.
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