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Hi, we're Mike and Carina. We travel Ireland and the Irish ancestral trails of the world, connect with people of Irish descent and share the resulting stories, photos, videos and podcasts with you.

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First Irish Meal in a Country Home.

The following is an Irish Story submitted by Chuck Real as part of a Reader Story competition. 

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The O’Neills of Ireland – Fact and Fiction

The following is an Irish Story submitted by Mary O’Neill Leidner as part of a Reader Story competition. 

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Ask And Ye Shall Receive

The following is an Irish Story submitted by Des Dineen as part of a Reader Story competition. 

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Just Knock At The Door of Glin Castle.

We had argued, well heatedly discussed all year the possibility of being invited to a wedding in Germany.  I wasn’t winning and everything my husband Mike said was perfectly reasonable, it would be an expensive trip. Finally the invitation arrived on an evening when the house was packed with noisy cousins, an offspring and her…

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Two Irish Women

Much is spoken of in Australian History of the hardship and cruelty suffered by the convicts during their time of punishment in Australia.  In my family our convict ancestor is spoken of as a hero and the foundation of a very large group of families now spreading out over three states. However I cannot help…