Gone but not forgotten – Ireland’s Heritage and Folklore
Dúchas is the Irish word for heritage and the digitized information contained on www.duchas.ie certainly explains why.
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irishfamilydetective
- Dec 19, 2019
IRISH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS & CUSTOMS
‘Coming on to dawn, I woke with the feeling that something dreadful had happened. The whole house was quiet, and the little bedroom that...
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irishfamilydetective
- Sep 30, 2019
NELSON'S QUAY, CORK CITY
Parnell Place, Cork City was once a waterway called Nelson's Quay.
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irishfamilydetective
- Sep 17, 2019
THE ‘LIFELINES’ OF THE IRISH CENSUS
The Irish Census of 1901 and 1911 provides a treasure trove of information about our ancestors, the type of house they lived in and their ne
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irishfamilydetective
- Aug 14, 2019
MICHAEL PATRICK LYNCH
Michael Patrick Lynch died as a result of gunshot wounds on the 13 August 1934, he was twenty-two years of age. The incident took place dur
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irishfamilydetective
- Aug 6, 2019
WHO & WHAT WERE THE IRISH BLUESHIRTS?
Fascists? The last breath of the Civil War? Comrades in arm against Fianna Fáil and Éamon de Valera? In reality, the Irish Blueshirt move
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 22, 2019
SHANDON RIC BARRACKS & POLICING IN CORK
History and development of the Royal Irish Constabulary, including the history of Shandon RIC Barracks, Cork City.
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irishfamilydetective
- Jun 8, 2019
HISTORIC MAPS
Introduction Historic maps offer a window to a nation’s past and ultimately to our ancestors’ lives. For researchers interested in Irish...
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irishfamilydetective
- May 19, 2019
'Young Willie MacBride'
At the end of April 2019, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) began the search to find Ireland’s favourite folk song. The second ballad featured
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irishfamilydetective
- May 14, 2019
'1917 and Dev'
1917 is the year when Eamon de Valera underwent a metamorphosis from republican to prisoner to politician and developed the embryonic charac
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irishfamilydetective
- Jan 10, 2019
'ARSENIC SHANDY'
Philip Henry Eustace Cross was born on 15 April 1824 at Shandy Hall, Coachford, Co. Cork. He was educated by private tutor and in 1843 atte
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irishfamilydetective
- Nov 14, 2018
MICHAEL GRIFFIN - 'MARTYR BOY PRIEST'
Father Michael Griffin was a Roman Catholic curate who was abducted on 14 November 1920 in Galway. He was shot dead and six days later his
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irishfamilydetective
- Sep 27, 2018
THE IRISH WHIP - DANNO O'MAHONEY
Danno O'Mahoney became one of the most famous Irish sportsmen in the world, when in June 1935 at Fenway Park, Boston, he dethroned Jim L
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irishfamilydetective
- Aug 4, 2018
THE LONG JUMPER - ERIN GO BRAGH
Peter O’Connor was one of Ireland’s greatest athletes of the early twentieth century holding the record for the Long Jump and winning Olympi
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irishfamilydetective
- May 29, 2018
"UNKNOWN" IN IRISH BIRTH RECORDS
If you are struggling to find an ancestor in Irish Civil Registration records, it may be that they were registered with the forename of &quo
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irishfamilydetective
- May 8, 2018
IRISH CHURCH & CIVIL PARISHES - THE DIFFERENCE
The difference between Church and Civil parishes in Irish Genealogy explained.
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irishfamilydetective
- Apr 14, 2018
BRIDGET FOLEY - AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
The formative years of Bridget Foley read like a movie script, as she played a daring role in the lead up & during the Irish 1916 Rising.
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irishfamilydetective
- Apr 7, 2018
IRISH CENSUS 1821 – 2016
Detailed Irish Census information does not exist for the years prior to 1901 but what does the summary detail that was documented tell us?
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irishfamilydetective
- Mar 10, 2018
MURDER IN NADD – 10 MARCH 1921
Revolution was rife in Ireland between 1918 and 1923, and particularly in the rebel county, Cork, where in the first quarter of 1921, approx
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irishfamilydetective
- Feb 13, 2018
DANIEL CORKERY – TEACHER, WRITER, CORKMAN
Daniel Corkery was born on Valentine’s Day 1878 in Gardiner’s Hill, on the northside of Cork City. The family home was just a stone’s throw
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