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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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ALetterFromIreland - From the High King of Ireland to South Australia

From the High King of Ireland to South Australia

If we go back in time in Ireland – all the way back to about 1,000 years ago – we come to a period when the island of Ireland was occupied by a number of Gaelic “tribes”. These tribes occupied specific areas and their boundaries shifted backwards and forwards as the power of one tribe…

Podcast Atlas of The Irish Revolution - Irish Revolution - Meet the Man behind the Atlas of the Irish Revolution (#210)

Irish Revolution – Meet the Man behind the Atlas of the Irish Revolution (#210)

Meet the publisher of “The Atlas of Irish Revolution” – Mike Collins. We chat about the Atlas and his own Irish family history.

DNA Podcast - DNA Testing - Our Experiences with Irish Ancestry DNA (#209)

DNA Testing – Our Experiences with Irish Ancestry DNA (#209)

What have your experiences with DNA testing for Irish Family History been like? Successful? Frustrating? Or somewhere in between? In this episode of the Letter from Ireland show, we share our own recent experiences.

facebook4 - The Irish Language and a Terrible Story of Injustice

The Irish Language and a Terrible Story of Injustice

Have you ever been to the west of Ireland? This would be the region occupied by counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Galway, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Cork. These counties contain many places of outstanding natural beauty and today they draw tourists by the thousand – but just a few decades ago, people were leaving their…

Des on Dineen Road - One Listener's Story - A Letter from Australia to Ireland (#208)

One Listener’s Story – A Letter from Australia to Ireland (#208)

So many people left Ireland for Australia in the early to late 1800s. Some were sent for “seven long years transportation” while others went of their own accord to seek a better life. Here we have just one story connecting so many threads between Australia and a County in Ireland.