Ireland Census Records Online: How to Find Your Ancestors’ Townland Before You Visit
Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you’ve ever dreamed of standing on the land your ancestors worked, this changes everything. The National …
Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you’ve ever dreamed of standing on the land your ancestors worked, this changes everything. The National …
Irish townlands are ancient land divisions still used in Ireland today. Learn how many there are, what they mean, and how to find the specific townland your ancestors came from — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
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There are stretches of the Irish coastline where old people will warn you not to look a seal in the eye. Not out of superstition …
On a hill above Dublin, visible on clear days from the city below, sits a roofless stone building that nobody has comfortably owned for 300 …
Before a rural Irish wedding, a formal letter went to every house in the parish. It was not an invitation — it was a notice. Discover the Irish bidding wedding tradition and the community debt it created.