Ireland is home to some of the most beautiful churches, cathedrals and oratories. We’ve compiled a list of our top 8 favourite churches found throughout Ireland, most of them in remote…
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Sligo Abbey
Abbey Street, Sligo Town, County Sligo
Known locally as simply "The Abbey," this Dominican Friary was founded in the mid 13th century by Maurice Fitzgerald. The site contains a great wealth of carvings including Gothic and Renaissance tomb structure, well preserved cloister and the only…
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This is part four in a series of articles on "Searching for Your Irish Ancestors" written by Ireland-based professional genealogist Nicola Morris of Timeline Genealogy. You can find…
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Sometimes you go in circles with a career before it feels right. I had owned an ad agency for eleven years before changing careers in 2001 and going into fundraising. I can now say that I feel like I have come full-circle careerwise and I am making a difference for something I have…
ContinueFrom pagan sites to ecclesiastical settlements, intricate layers of religious and secular cultural history set against rugged mountains, glorious countryside and lush river valleys make County Carlow a perfect base for exploring the Southeast of Ireland. Whether brought here by faith, born and spent their lives here, educated here…
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Belfast Telgraph: "Mass Grave of 796 Babies Found in Septic Tank at Catholic Orphanage in Tuam, Galway"
Irish Central: "…
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Is is just me, or does anyone else find the release of private letters from Jackie Kennedy to Father Joseph Leonard, a Vincentian priest from Dublin, particularly distasteful?
Are there no sacred boundaries we won't cross for the voyeuristic pleasure of the unrelenting…
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(First published 2012) Last year's BBC documentary on Ireland's "Limbo Babies" brought to light an emotionally charged issue that affected almost all of our Irish ancestors. Ever since the Roman Catholic Church declared that the non-baptized were forbidden burial in…
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Part 2 of 3: Belfast's Milltown Cemetery: Atmosphere ‘tense,’ ‘emotions … just below the surface’
(Images courtesy of Toni Maguire)
(First published 2012) Last year’s BBC documentary on Ireland's "Limbo Babies" [featured on our Family History YouTube…
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In Milltown Cemetery's unconsecrated cillíní lie the graves of thousands of unbaptized… |
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The Benedictine sisters of Kylemore Abbey in County Galway and the Kylemore Abbey Campaign in New York City are proud to announce that the goal for the new education center has been reached. Over one hundred gifts, mostly local donations, propelled the amount raised…
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With a week to go until Mother’s Day (in America) and it being the start of May, all the stars align at Mary. Mary being the most famous mother in the world with an entire month dedicated to her by the Catholic church. Here at The Irish Store we have put together our top facts…
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Willie Walsh was every inch the typical Mayo man, hardworking and well disposed to help his fellow villagers, and indeed it was just such an act of kindness which brought about his early demise.
Willie had often spoken of his fear of dying, especially if the Ban Sidhe should…
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Benton, Wisconsin is located on State Route 11 between Monroe to Dubuque. The town consists of well-maintained restaurants, bars, churches, garages and residential buildings.
Saint Patrick’s Church and graveyard is located at the east end of the main street. A shrine at the…
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As some of you may know, I publish a series of books on Irish history (eight in the series to date) under the general title of Kilmainham Tales. To accompany these I have set up a website to carry further information and on that site we are currently running a series of articles on…
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Along with the cross and the sacred holy water fonts, the small beads that make up Rosary beads are one of the most…
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Ireland is home to some of the most beautiful churches, cathedrals and oratories. We’ve compiled a list of our top 8 favourite churches found throughout Ireland, most of them in remote…
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When the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) marched up Fifth Avenue in New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade it should have been crystal clear, if it wasn't already, that this parade is incompatible with any serious effort to support Irish freedom. The PSNI is the…
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