Category Archives: History

Ballinamore, Co Leitrim – Pigots Directory 1824

Posted on 19 May 2014 by Shane

Ballinamore is a market and post town situated on the bunks of a small river in the county of Leitrim, 73 miles north west of Dublin, 9 north of Mohill, 8 from Cloon, 7 south west of Cashcarrigan, 7 from … Continue reading →

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Dunbrody Abbey, Co. Wexford

Posted on 15 May 2014 by Shane

DUNBRODY ABBEY, County Wexford : Hervey de Montmorency, one of the ablest and most sanguinary of the lieutenants of the bold Anglo-Norman adventurer, Strongbow, founded Dunbrody Abbey, in the year 1182, for the Cistercian friars, and, it is said, became, … Continue reading →

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Travel to Ireland by Ship in 1891

Posted on 28 April 2014 by Shane

Detailed below the steamer-routes from Great Britain to Ireland, from Part 2 of Ward’s “Thorough Guide” to Ireland of 1891, also see map , which also depicts railway lines. (extract below, full map at the end of this page.) Those … Continue reading →

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Irish Census Updates

Posted on 28 April 2014 by Shane

The National Archives have added additional census data to their website : Surviving Census fragments from the 1821,1831,1841 & 1851 returns added to the main census website here Search Forms from 1841 and 1851 census carried out proof of age … Continue reading →

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Dublin to Westport and Achill – 1891

Posted on 6 April 2014 by Shane

Description of journey, primarily by Rail, in 1891 from Dublin to Westport, with notes of outings to places of interest from Ward’s Travel Guide to Ireland – 1891 (part 2). Additional photos are from separate sources and date from c1900, … Continue reading →

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