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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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Hannah Canty Hogan Journeys to a New World.

The following is an Irish Story submitted by Nancy Hogan Wilson as part of a Reader Story competition. 

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One Man and Many Irish Surnames

Many Irish surnames have spread throughout the world over the last number of centuries. Here is just one example of so many surnames (Irish and otherwise) coming from a single husband and wife.

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blogfeaturedimage - The Irish Famine and Dear Old Skibbereen

The Irish Famine and Dear Old Skibbereen

This is a very different sort of letter today. My original plan was to talk a little about the pattern of emigration from Ireland over the last 300 years—and how that has been so linked to climate and harvest failures. But, sometimes feelings overtake facts. As I went through much of the wonderful literature—especially the…

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Irish Surnames – County Cork Surnames and Places

Do you have a County Cork Irish surname in your Irish family tree? Here we include ALL the County Cork surnames belonging to our readers – and lots of pictures too!

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