Robert Poole

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02 September 2025 11:32

With the help of @theirishstory.bsky.social and @msp-archive.bsky.social, friends and family members I have spent the past few months researching my Irish family history. Starting with the discovery of one address in Ringsend, Dublin I've found a story that starts in a Dublin workhouse...

Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS)

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02 September 2025 03:07

IGRS Top Research Tip #168: Search this site for records of the Irish migration to, and settlement in, Newfoundland in eastern Canada, 1750-1850. Huge numbers hailed from Ireland’s southeast, specifically counties Kilkenny, Waterford & Wexford: www.mannioncollection.ca/default.aspx

Tipperary Studies

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02 September 2025 03:05

On #CanadaDay, we remember James O’Donnell, from Co. Tipperary. Emigrating to Newfoundland in the 1840s, he became a major figure in the spirits trade & local commerce. Read the full story in this article by Yann Blake tipperarystudies.ie/james-odonne... #TipperaryHeritage #LocalHistory #Cahir

Tipperary Studies

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02 September 2025 03:05

Looking at Cashel today, it is dominated by the Rock. But by 1320 Cashel was completely circled by a defensive wall, bits of which still remain. For details read The Medieval Town Defences of Cashel by Tracy E Collins in THJ (1997) tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...

Tipperary Studies

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02 September 2025 03:05

We just stumbled on a 1920 5% War Stock certificate— These were government bonds issued to pay for the first world war. Two Tipperary men Patrick O’Gorman (a creamery manager) and Thomas O’Gorman (a farmer) from Co. Tipperary bought £200 in stock. Would you have invested?