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Free tour of ecclesiastical sites in East Galway planned for International Day for Monuments and Sites

Tracing the legacy of the historic mansions of Barryroe parish and their occupants

St Brigid’s relics returning to Kildare after a millennium

Stories behind common Irish surnames explored in new genealogy series, “Sloinne”

Grand event at Claregalway Castle to cap off Galway’s Decade of Commemorations

New oral history collection captures the story of old Kilcormac

Deadline fast approaching to join Dublin City Historians in Residence programme

Dublin Festival of History 2023 features more than 200 free events

Tracing our past: mapping south Kerry

Celebrating the Irish harp’s heritage at Bunratty Castle festival

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175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Dr Jeremiah G. O’Sullivan, Royal Army Medical Corps

Cork doctor’s reflections on service in North Africa and Italy during World War 2

The Dublin Players with Mayor Wagner.

The American tours of the Dublin Players, 1951–58

The National Museum of Ireland’s new Words on the Wave exhibition features manuscripts written by Irish monks on loan from the Abbey Library of St Gall.

Irish manuscripts return home after more than a millennium, now on display until October

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Finds from Sligo’s Green Fort excavation.

Excavation of Sligo’s Green Fort yields over 1,000 finds from 17th-century bastioned military fort

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Drumanagh, Co. Dublin.

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Iron Age site during excavation on Dublin headland

Old Dublin street sign for Exchequer Street.

CLÓSCAPE project seeks public’s help to document Dublin’s vanishing historic street signs

Noughaval bandle stone.

Bandle stone at Noughaval – a remnant of an abandoned settlement and market in Clare

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Two seasons of Sloinne are now streaming on the TG4 Player.

Two seasons of Sloinne, TG4’s Irish surname series, now available to watch online

175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025

Irish genealogy news round-up, May 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, May 2025

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Mass paths.

Recording Ireland’s mass paths through the voices of Irish emigrants in New York’s Tri-State area

Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan: the traditions and customs associated with Women’s Christmas

Delivering Christmas trees in Waterford city in 1929.

Irish Christmas customs, traditions and beliefs

Fox in Irish folklore.

The fox in Irish folklore

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175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025

Finds from Sligo’s Green Fort excavation.

Excavation of Sligo’s Green Fort yields over 1,000 finds from 17th-century bastioned military fort

The National Museum of Ireland’s new Words on the Wave exhibition features manuscripts written by Irish monks on loan from the Abbey Library of St Gall.

Irish manuscripts return home after more than a millennium, now on display until October

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