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    Rathcooney Graveyard, Cork
    irishfamilydetective
    • Apr 20

    Rathcooney Graveyard, Cork

    On 19 April 2022, the announcement was made that €85,000 is to be provided under the Community Monuments Fund to carry out conservation...
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         The Irish Grand Jury System
    irishfamilydetective
    • Oct 18, 2021

    The Irish Grand Jury System

    Introduction The grand jury system is the oldest form of local government in Ireland, the origins of which are obscure, however. Thomas...
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    GRIFFITH'S VALUATION
    irishfamilydetective
    • Sep 14, 2021

    GRIFFITH'S VALUATION

    Introduction The general valuation of rateable property in Ireland is a vital resource for those researching their Irish ancestors. ...
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    CORK CITY AND WATSON'S GATES:    A PHOENIX ASCENDING
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jul 23, 2021

    CORK CITY AND WATSON'S GATES: A PHOENIX ASCENDING

    ‘If Andrew Carnegie were alive today, he would smile with pleasure on the earnestness of the efforts of philanthropists like Bill Gates,...
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    FURTHER RELEASE OF ONLINE  RECORDS FOR WEST CORK
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jun 28, 2021

    FURTHER RELEASE OF ONLINE RECORDS FOR WEST CORK

    #Cork City and County Archives have released the gravestone inscriptions index from the Abbey Cemetery, Bantry, West Cork with the...
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    NEW ONLINE RECORDS FOR CORK
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jun 8, 2021

    NEW ONLINE RECORDS FOR CORK

    Two new online additions for those researching #Cork family history were announced recently. Cork City and County Archives have added...
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    TRINTY OF MURDERED IRISH PRIESTS
    irishfamilydetective
    • May 14, 2021

    TRINTY OF MURDERED IRISH PRIESTS

    #Onthisday 100 years ago Father James O’Callaghan was mortally wounded by Crown forces at the home of at the residence of Alderman Liam...
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    Murder in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
    irishfamilydetective
    • May 7, 2021

    Murder in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork

    #Onthisday 100 years ago #Cork man William Bransfield was led from his home by four men and shot dead. The Carrigtwohill native was an...
    170
                    The Duffin Brothers
    irishfamilydetective
    • Apr 22, 2021

    The Duffin Brothers

    On this day 100 years ago, brothers Patrick and Daniel Duffin were ‘slain at Belfast for Ireland – 23rd April, 1921.’
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    A Cork Band of Brothers
    irishfamilydetective
    • Feb 27, 2021

    A Cork Band of Brothers

    They fought together during the War of Independence, and six years after the truce, the former comrades of 1st Cork Brigade were once...
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    Raising Holy Hell – The Murder of Canon Thomas Magner, Dunmanway 15 December 1920
    irishfamilydetective
    • Dec 14, 2020

    Raising Holy Hell – The Murder of Canon Thomas Magner, Dunmanway 15 December 1920

    The roads of Ireland are dotted with memorials commemorating those killed during Ireland’s revolutionary period 1916 – 1923. On the...
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    The Burning of Kilbrittain Castle
    irishfamilydetective
    • Nov 20, 2020

    The Burning of Kilbrittain Castle

    In the early hours of Wednesday, 26 May 1920, ‘villagers, tenants and estate workers witnessed the sensational picture of’ Kilbrittain...
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    Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney - the last days
    irishfamilydetective
    • Oct 17, 2020

    Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney - the last days

    Terence MacSwiney, husband, father, politician and revolutionary began the last week of his life in Brixton Prison in October 1920....
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    'Knightmayor' in Cork - the attempted kidnap of Lt. Gen. Sir Peter Strickland
    irishfamilydetective
    • Sep 23, 2020

    'Knightmayor' in Cork - the attempted kidnap of Lt. Gen. Sir Peter Strickland

    Continued from The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney Picketing 'The Brutish Empire' When Terence MacSwiney...
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    Picketing 'The Brutish Empire'
    irishfamilydetective
    • Sep 8, 2020

    Picketing 'The Brutish Empire'

    Continued from The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney On 23 August 1920, Broadway actress Eileen Curran and...
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    The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney
    irishfamilydetective
    • Aug 11, 2020

    The arrest and court-martial of Cork Lord Mayor, Terence MacSwiney

    Thursday 12 August 1920 dawned with the promise of sunny intervals and light winds, and for one Cork man, his last day of freedom.
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    Berlin or Ballincollig?
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jul 30, 2020

    Berlin or Ballincollig?

    I came across this old photo on the Irish Examiner website and had to look twice when I read the caption as it relates to the Irish Army.
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    The Pietà, Cork, Ireland.
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jul 5, 2020

    The Pietà, Cork, Ireland.

    With travel restrictions due to Covid-19, foreign holidays are unlikely this year. If viewing Michelangelo’s Pietà in 2020 was on your...
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    The 'Taking' of Percival Lea Wilson
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jun 15, 2020

    The 'Taking' of Percival Lea Wilson

    On this day 100 years ago, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) District Inspector Percival Lea-Wilson’s past caught up with him, when the...
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    Attack on Blarney Royal Irish Constabulary, Cork
    irishfamilydetective
    • Jun 1, 2020

    Attack on Blarney Royal Irish Constabulary, Cork

    Blarney RIC Barracks was one of many to be attacked by Volunteers and subsequently abandoned by the RIC. More about the attack in June 1920
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