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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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Irish Homelands – County Monaghan

Welcome to this Irish Homelands feature as we are head to the north-east of Ireland – to County Monaghan!


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The Easter Rising, 1916

The following are the words contained in the proclamation: IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. Having organised and trained her manhood through her secret revolutionary…

Tribes of Galway

Irish Homelands – County Galway

Welcome to this Irish Homelands feature  - where we are travel to the west of Ireland – to County Galway!


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Irish Homelands – County Waterford

Welcome to this Irish Homelands feature where we travel to the south-east of Ireland – to County Waterford! We will also be taking in parts of County Kilkenny for this trip.


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The Kings of County Fermanagh

Céad Míle Fáilte – and welcome to your Letter from Ireland for this week. I hope you are keeping well? I hear that many of our friends on the east coast of America are experiencing powerful snowstorms at the moment – I hope you are keeping safe and warm if you are being affected. And then…

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