News from County Galway
Chronicles Insight - Trials and Transportation
When: Tuesday, 7 December, 2021The sentence of Penal Transportation was carried out in Ireland from 1791 to 1853. This form of punishment involved the removal of convicted criminals from the land of their birth and relocating them elsewhere, most commonly to Australia.
Portumna (Galway) Galway
East Galway Black 47 DNA Project
When: Wednesday, 19 January, 2022The local group are looking for people in the area who can show local ancestry going back three generations. They are also looking for people who have already done a DNA test in the area.
Galway
Connecting with Irish cousins after 40 years of searching
When: Tuesday, 24 November, 2015Picture above: Maggie May left Inverin in the latter half of the 19th century, in the wake of the great famine.
Killannin (Galway) Galway
Cuairt an Uachtaráin M.D. Ó Uiginn ar Inis Oírr, Oileáin Arainn
When: Thursday, 19 September, 2013Tháinig an tUachtarán M.D. Ó Uiginn ar cuairt oifigiúl chuigh Inis Oírr,Oileáin Arainn ar an 19ú Mean Fomhair 2013.Thugj an helicoptear go dtí an oileáin é.
Inis Meain (Galway) Galway
Joan Koesterherm Connects to Moylough
When: Saturday, 27 July, 2013Joan, a fifth generation descendant of John and Mary Griffin and a cousin of Margaret (Griffin) Clark, posted a query on the Moylough parish section of the Ireland Reaching Out website in October of 2012 seeking information on the Griffin family.
Moylough (Galway) Galway
Christina Shaughnessy found new relatives in Galway
When: Saturday, 29 September, 2012In late September the Ireland Reaching Out Office in Co. Galway had a visit from Christina Shaughnessy looking for assistance researching her family tree.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
Finding Kellys in Ardrahan, Co. Galway
When: Saturday, 1 September, 2012I started out searching for my long lost relatives in County Galway about nine months ago. I had little more than my great grandmother's name and the name of the village, Ardrahan, where she grew up between 1870 and 1890 before she went to to the US.
Ardrahan (Galway) Galway
A thirty year search leads to the Carmelite Abbey of St. Mary's in Loughrea.
When: Saturday, 4 August, 2012Margaret McKeown posted a message on the Loughrea parish message board from her home in western Australia asking for their assistance in gaining access to the locked Carmelite Abbey ruin in Loughrea, Co. Galway.
Loughrea (Galway) Galway
The Snow of Black 47
When: Monday, 3 March, 1947The spring of 1947, otherwise known as Black '47 saw the heaviest snowfall ever and it did not thaw for weeks. Late April and early May were very warm and the children had discarded their shoes and were going to school in their bare feet.
Peterswell (Galway) Galway
Claregalway
When: Monday, 3 April, 2017Claregalway.info was created as part of an effort to engage new residents of Claregalway with the community and history surrounding them. You can learn more about the effort by clicking on the link below that will take you to the website.
Claregalway (Baile Chláir) Galway