Irish Roots Cafe
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- #1 Irish Library in the U.S., K.U. at Lawrence: O'Hegarty
- How Irish is Your Name Really?
- Ryan Australia; Google; Ghosts; Hurleys; Co. Clare; Leahy
- Half Way Irish and Plastic Paddys.
- The Irish Name O'Neill, O'Neal, McNeill, MacNeil..
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Advance Shownotes
I have completed my interview sessions with the Spencer Research Library at K.U. in Lawrence, Kansas. Yes, that's Lawrence, Kansas. Home of the top Irish collection outside of Ireland. The only home of the O'Hegarty collection in the world. (opposing viewpoints will be accepted - but proof is required).
Four Episodes
Shows #200 - 204, will be on the Irish resources at K.U. . That sets a record for number of shows on a subject, but it is justified. The details will come as a surprise to many.
O'Hegarty Collection
Briefly put, "25,000 items were obtained from P. S. O'Hegarty, with incredible depth in Irish literature, history and politics, including periodicals and ephemera." (This does not include their collections of Joyce and Yeats). Some items are not to be found in Ireland. Researchers have already started to arrive from the far points of the globe.
From the Irish Roots Cafe & Hedge School
The Half-Way Irish
Now, in genealogy, "half-way Irish" is not a bad thing.
My Kerry Families
The first county book that I decided to write for the Irish
Families project was on County Kerry, Ireland. In part
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Among Todays Topics at the Irish Roots Cafe:
1) Irish Family Name Focus on Cormick
2) Search for Talbot, Tumpane, Carrigan & Flynn
3) Notes on our Favorite Irish Festival in the U.S.
4) Sean Nós Irish Song Awards tent 2011 - 2012 !
5) YouTube Genealogy ‘Video Shorts’ added !
6) Scandalous Irish Family Name from Sexton.
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1) Free for all 2) archived (fee) 3) Members only podcasts
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News and Notes from the Irish Roots Cafe
Top 10 Sources In The Genealogy Tent
We are in the Genealogy Tent in Dublin, Ohio
this weekend. (Aug. 5,6,7). You will only find
these sources and research aids at this festival.
Here is what will be on hand for you:
A) Launch of Irish Hedge School CD/DVD set.
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Among Todays Topics at the Irish Roots Cafe:
Irish Taken and Sold as Slaves
On June 20 Algerian pirates from the Barbary Coastslaughtered and enslaved inhabitants from a village
in Cork, Ireland. Over 100 inhabitants were taken.
My notes today at the Irish Roots Cafe:
1- Families in Wexford Ireland.
Irish Family History
Among Todays Topics at the Irish Roots Cafe:
1) Family of the Day: Magill
2) Irish Hedge School pick: Irish Language CD
3) Search: Riley, Rea, Sheehan, Ryan, Grealy
4) Curious News: More than Ned Kelly in Australia
5) Web Story: Friday Fish and Penance returns
6) Curious Note: Climbing Croagh Patrick
Notes This Week:
What’s happening today at the Irish Roots Cafe
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Among Todays Topics at the Irish Roots Cafe:
Two Irish maids cause riot
When doing the first season of the Irish Song Podcast,
we focused on many songs from the Tin Pan Alley era.
Genealogy Brings Irish Passport, Citizenship
Irish Family History and Genealogy
Gibbons is the Irish family name of the day,
in honor of Joseph Gibbons searching in Mayo.
Here are a few documented notes on the name:
I have been asked to present 'Everything
that I know about Irish genealogy' in one
five hour session
Top Families of County Donegal, Ireland.
From Michael O’Laughlin at www.Irishroots.com
The Callan family and County Monaghan families are featured today.
This is one of the more neglected counties in Irish family research.
I'll try to give you an overview of some of its families and resources.
Families that came from County Cork, Ireland.
Irish Family History and Genealogy
Irish Family History and Genealogy
with curious news and notes from Ireland.
From Mike O’Laughlin at www.Irishroots.com
Irish Family History and Genealogy
with curious news and notes from Ireland.
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Among Todays Topics at the Hedge School:
1) Family of the Day: Whelan
2) Snows return to Ireland
3) Meryl Streep has roots in which county ?
4) Ireland first electric bike: Video of the week
5) Counties Derry, Donegal and Tyrone: NW Ireland
6) Norman Castle in Wexford falls
7) Books: Surnames of North West Ireland
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