Carrigagulla, Carraig Uí Ulla - ancestral lands, and a poem

a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrigagulla_03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Ceoil at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons">Carrigagulla stone circleCarrigagulla - ancestral lands. This won't be the only post, but stumbled...

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local history from the School's collection - Dromagh Castle

 History according to school-aged children in 1930s Ireland...perspectives, lore...more!Situated south-west of Kanturk is the parish of Dromagh or Dromtariffe as it is commonly called was also built by the O'keeffes.It is a square enclosure, flanked by four circular towers, one of which with part...

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Snapshots of School/Scoil life in Ireland in the 1930s

Not everything about genealogy is finding all the ancestors, but how they may have lived. I am blessed to have a tree with many generations of teachers, but having spent part of my childhood in Ireland, including attending the school where my grandparents taught, I find school history is not only interesting,...

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O'Donoghue - Great grandfather, grandfather, grandmother and Dromagh

Teachers, principals - these three ancestors are just a few of my many that were teachers.Before and after them, from hedge schools to the present day, waves of teachers.This is to document the one in Dromagh. The website for the national school they all taught at has been recently updated, and shares...

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earliest memories - grandfather

Reflecting on my grandfather, William O'Donoghue (1907-1976) I don't remember where I first read about it, but know that memories start making recollective imprints around the age of 5. And this is true for me. From about the age of 5, I have a flood of memories I can tap into, and before that, nearly...

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Seaton...from the farm by the sea

 Finding family names, making the connection, well it's arduous work. I have struggled nearly every step of the way with my paternal side. Am thankful to have the further assistance of DNA matches, as most of this would have been impossible for me to do before. WHY? My father did not even know...

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Ancestry by the numbers - the math of it all...

 Every time I read these, it makes me pause...takes a lot of people to get here...

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Freeholders lists - trying to break through the pre-Civil registration brick walls in Ireland

 I am working my way through my direct ancestors and their siblings where possible, and having felt like I have for the most part exhausted the Griffith's valuation ones (a future post), I have recently placed focus on Freeholder lists in Ireland.The challenge with family research in Ireland is...

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My Margaret Christie

five years ago my father died and I never felt connected to him this is partly why I started researching my family tree many years before to find some connection, for something familiar through servants and weavers illicit affairs and suicides and then - my elusive 3x great grandmother MARGARET CHRISTIE b 1820, married 1837, d 1889 well, she has been a research challenge and now I know her,...

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David Forrest

I don't think this will be the only post I write about my 2x great grandfather David Forrest. I finished reading a book by one of his grandsons, and he is featured in the early chapters quite prominently. It gives me a sense of his presence. And I felt his presence far before reading this book...

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Dougall MacFarlane

  Dougall (Dugal/Dugald/Dougal/Dougald) McFarlane (1815-1856) born in Dunning, Perthshire Scotland died along the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow I always felt a sadness that resided in the anger my father often directed at me. In the year before he died, he expressed deep regret for this. I...

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Bridget Sexton

 I am so grateful that irishgenealogy recently expanded the coverage years for marriages in Ireland. Research = CONFIRMED! My second great grandmother was from Beenalacht (spelled many ways) - Beenaloucht, Beengalacht, Beenalaght.  These small breakthroughs mean the world to amateur genealogists...

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father

 It has been just over 5 years since my father died. The last time I blogged was a year ago for my original blog that I started in 2005. I have drafts littering my dashboard...in progress, or incomplete.I had a complicated relationship with my father. I think it is part of the reason why I still...

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