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Ireland, Scotland & Robbie Burns – (#703)
Do you wonder what it takes to really get your Irish Family History research REALLY humming? We interviewed Irish-based genealogist - Jayne McGarvey - and asked her to share 3 signs that you are making progress as an Irish ancestry researcher.
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Two Giants of Irish Literature – (#702)
Do you wonder what it takes to really get your Irish Family History research REALLY humming? We interviewed Irish-based genealogist - Jayne McGarvey - and asked her to share 3 signs that you are making progress as an Irish ancestry researcher.
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All God’s Creatures Have a Place in the Choir – (#701)
Do you wonder what it takes to really get your Irish Family History research REALLY humming? We interviewed Irish-based genealogist - Jayne McGarvey - and asked her to share 3 signs that you are making progress as an Irish ancestry researcher.
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The Irish Ancestry Trail
Don’t you just love that word – “Diaspora”? Apparently, it comes from the Greek word for “scattering”. The reason I bring this up today is because Ireland appointed it’s first “Minister for the Diaspora”. I first remember the word being used in the context of an “Irish Diaspora” when President Mary Robinson used to light a candle of…
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Irish Placenames – An Overview
Just this week, I received a request from Helen Wyse (always listen to someone with Wyse as a surname!). Helen said: I am very curious about the naming conventions used for townlands, baronies, villages etc. which seem to repeated over and over again. So many places are prefixed or suffixed in such a way that it…
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