News from Ireland

Chronicles Workshop Loughrea Library February 2020

Chronicles Workshop in Loughrea Library

When: Friday, 28 February, 2020

We started the day by getting everyone signed up to the website. Once this was accomplished we were ready to start interacting with our own civil parishes. We learned about how to search for and join a parish so that we receive updates on that particular area.

Loughrea (Galway) Galway
A General Description of Ulster 1602-1603

New Online: Maps of Ulster from 1609

When: Friday, 21 February, 2020

First published in 1861, the "Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ireland, 1609" atlas is the newest digital addition to the QUB Special Collection online. Among the 31 facsimiles of maps of Ireland dating from c.1594 to 1609, in this collection are:

Antrim

Tell us where you Ancestor emigrated to

When: Monday, 17 February, 2020

If you have already created an Ancestor Chronicle you can now edit it to also include information about whether they stayed in Ireland or moved abroad.  Follow the instructions in this video and remember to save your changes at the end.

IrelandXO

Cavan Calling - WIN flights home this summer!

When: Friday, 7 February, 2020

Come home to Cavan for a weekend celebration of Cavan, its people, its Diaspora, its culture, heritage, music, and landscape!

Urney (Cavan) Cavan
Reflections from Home and Abroad 2019

Tulla Reaching Out 2019 Reflections from Home and Abroad Publication

When: Monday, 3 February, 2020

The journal contains a number of interesting articles including:   The Tulla Workhouse School Mass Rock at Clonlea Tulla Market Charter & 400th Anniversary Wilful Murder by Persons Unknown

Tulla (Clare) Clare
200th Anniversary: Homesteads and Headstones of the Peter Robinson Settlers

200th Anniversary: Homesteads and Headstones of the Peter Robinson Settlers

When: Wednesday, 29 January, 2020

Community Heritage Training Project: Homesteads and Headstones of the Peter Robinson Settlers

Croom (Limerick) Limerick

The Story of Brickmaking in Pollagh, Co. Offaly

When: Tuesday, 10 December, 2019

"The Story of Brickmaking in Pollagh, County Offaly" by Caitriona Devery

Lemanaghan (Offaly) Offaly
Tracing your Sligo Ancestors

Tracing Your Sligo Ancestors (2nd edition)

When: Monday, 2 December, 2019

Published by the Ancestor Network, this is an extensively revised and updated edition of their acclaimed guide to ancestral research on the families of county Sligo. In particular, many new on-line genealogy sources have been added.

Sligo

Ruins of Tara Street Church unearthed

When: Tuesday, 26 November, 2019

A church was first built on the site in 1709 in Penal times when the practice of Catholicism was banned. In spite of the religious restrictions, the chapel flourished and attracted thousands of worshippers.

St Andrews (Dublin) Dublin