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Tracing John F. Kennedy’s Irish ancestry through Wexford, Limerick, Cork and Fermanagh

A genealogist’s guide to DNA testing for Irish family history research

Tracing your roots online using old records of Irish gravestone memorials and “Mems Dead”

Digitized records for Stanwix Widows’ Almshouses in Thurles now online

The 1749 Census of Elphin

What the census tells us about Ireland’s first president, Douglas Hyde

A guide to navigating Northern Ireland’s church records

Did your ancestor spend time in a workhouse?

Three siblings marry three siblings in unusual triple wedding

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Sligo Gaol.

Life behind bars in Sligo Gaol

O’Doherty’s Keep, a late medieval tower house in Buncrana, Co. Donegal.

The story of O’Doherty’s Keep, a medieval tower house in Buncrana

A World War 2 surgical operation.

Healing hands on the frontlines: Cork medical graduates in World War 2

Ballinadee Boys' National School, 1910.

Pat Deasy: 16-year-old Kilmichael ambush casualty featured in school photo

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Irish Bronze Age horns, Ireland’s oldest musical instruments.

Bronze Age horns: Ireland’s oldest musical instruments

Castledermot’s round tower.

Castledermot’s unique round tower

O’Doherty’s Keep, a late medieval tower house in Buncrana, Co. Donegal.

The story of O’Doherty’s Keep, a medieval tower house in Buncrana

Aerial view of early medieval enclosure at Ballinrea along the new M28 motorway.

Recent archaeological discoveries along the M28 route in Cork

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US President John F. Kennedy's motorcade on Patrick Street in Cork in 1963.

Tracing John F. Kennedy’s Irish ancestry through Wexford, Limerick, Cork and Fermanagh

Genealogist's guide to DNA testing for Irish family history research.

A genealogist’s guide to DNA testing for Irish family history research

Mems Dead website and directory.

Tracing your roots online using old records of Irish gravestone memorials and “Mems Dead”

First meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Stanwix charitable trust

Digitized records for Stanwix Widows’ Almshouses in Thurles now online

Census of Elphin 1749

The 1749 Census of Elphin

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Drawing of a banshee.

Mourning and warning: tracing the banshee in Mayo lore

An Gadaidhe Dubh, Ballyvourney

Who was the Ballyvourney thief, an Gadaidhe Dubh?

Fionn Folklore: new oral heritage site showcases the Fianna’s lesser-known tales

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Inis Cealtra or Holy Island on Lough Derg.

Progress on the multi-million euro Inis Cealtra tourism project

Michael Collins’ personal Bible.

Up for auction: personal Bible carried by Michael Collins on the day he died

The Watery Boreen in Clonakilty.

Cautionary approach urged for developing Clonakilty’s historic Watery Boreen as a greenway

Kilcormac Co. Offaly: capturing our story.

New oral history collection captures the story of old Kilcormac

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