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Category Archives: Ireland
Festive family freebies
The Shoestring Genealogist has just popped in to make sure you know that Ancestry (UK) has free access to all records until 23.59 GMT on Boxing Day. See here for what you can search. And Boxing Day sees the start … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Genealogy, Ireland
Tagged Ancestry, family tree, findmypast, genealogy, Offer, shoestring genealogist
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Irish research – online parish registers from NLI for 2015
National Library of Ireland to make its collection of Catholic parish register microfilms available online – and free! Continue reading
The Shoestring Genealogist: two offers for UK research
Researching genealogy on a tight budget? Family bills leaving little cash for family history? I know the feeling. Which is why I’m starting the Shoestring Genealogist, an occasional series of posts to help those of us looking for ancestors – … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Ireland, London
Tagged family history, Find My Past, genealogy, Ireland, London, shoestring genealogist
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Genealogy news updates
I’ve been working on something big – and very tricky. Chipping away at a big brick wall, and I’ll be back to report when I’ve got something more useful to say. So in the meantime, here are some interesting developments … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Genealogy, Ireland
Tagged Australia, census, Convict, family history, genealogy, Ireland, Irish, James Thomas Richards, John Simpson, Nicholas Delaney, Sarah Marshall
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Accentuate the Positive 2013 – continued
It’s 2014! A fresh new year in which I hope to pull a few more bricks from those genealogy walls as well as finding out more about the historical background to my ancestors’ lives in Australia and the British Isles. … Continue reading
Requiem for Seamus Heaney
Today I heard the news that Seamus Heaney, the great and beloved Irish poet, has died. A great sadness caught at me and I wondered why. I’d never met him, though I admired him. And then I realised that his … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, Ireland
Tagged 1798, Boolavogue, Irish Rebellion of 1798, Nicholas Delaney, requiem, Seamus Heaney
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Moyne in the Mercury
Moyne Farm is in the news. The farm, near Little Hartley in New South Wales, an area where many Delaneys worked and raised their families in the nineteenth century, is the subject of a recent article in the Lithgow Mercury. … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Ireland
Tagged Blue Mountains, Delaney, Delany, Hartley, John Delaney, John Grant, Little Hartley, Moyne, Moyne farm
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Irish Family History Day
Have you got Irish ancestors? Today (January 24th) is the first-ever Irish Family History Day. It seems to be part of The Gathering, a year-long celebration of Ireland present and past. Their official website says: ”Communities throughout Ireland are showcasing … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged family history, genealogy, Ireland, Irish genealogy, Nicholas Delaney
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Transports of delight – researching the book about Nicholas
I’m feeling thrilled and very honoured. The Irish genealogy online magazine, Irish Lives Remembered, has just (July 10th) published a two-page article about Nicholas Delaney, the great-great-great grandfather and transported convict whose life inspired this blog and its sister website. … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, A Rebel Hand, Convicts, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Australia, Blogging, Convict, genealogy, Ireland, Irish Lives Remembered
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Support our archives! Guest post
After talking about International Archives Day recently, I have asked Patricia Owen, who has spent many years hunting down books and manuscripts in libraries and archives, to write a guest post about her experiences of using them. Archives The papers … Continue reading
1798 – the television programme
Here at last! A link to the episode of BBC TV’s Story of Ireland which deals with the Rebellion of 1798 and the United Irishmen. Earlier this year, this four-part series presented by Fergal Keane took us at some speed … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, Ireland
Tagged A Rebel Hand, BBC, Convict, history, Story of Ireland
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The day we met the President
The Irish presidential election is in the news these days – it takes place on Thursday, 27 October 2011. There are seven hopefuls in the race, some more controversial than others. It reminds me of the day, 13 years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in 1798, Ireland
Tagged 1798, A Rebel Hand, Convict, Heritage, Ireland, Nicholas Delaney, Wicklow, Wicklow Gaol
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National Heritage Week in Ireland
This week (August 20 – 28) Ireland celebrates its national heritage. And 1798 is a major part of that history. So here are some events related to Nicholas Delaney’s life and the men he fought with. There’s a walk in … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland
Tagged 1798, Convict, Heppenstall, Heritage, Ireland, Twamley, Wicklow
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I’m staying in on Monday 30th…
and not even answering the phone. Why? Because tonight (the 16th) a new TV series, Story of Ireland, began. Presented by Fergal Keane, it’s a five-parter and tonight’s episode raced from the earliest beginnings to the eve of the Norman … Continue reading
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Tagged 1798, Fergal Keane, Ireland, Irish Rebellion of 1798, Story of Ireland, United Irishmen
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