Entries from December 2007

December 10, 2007

Irish who went to Europe from the 1600s onwards - exhibition

I was interested to hear (on the radio) of a new exhibition in the National Library of Ireland Exhibition. The exhibition is entitled “Strangers to Citizens: the Irish in Europe, 1600-1800″ and it opens 12 December 2007 and runs throughout 2008.
The Irish migrated to continental Europe as soldiers, students, priests, professionals, and merchants etc. Many [...]

December 3, 2007

Dublin 1911 Census Goes live!

On RTE 1 News, I just heard that the Dublin 1911 Census is now searchable online at Irish 1911 Census
That is wonderful news. Happy searching….
Just heard:
Additional counties will be added in the following order:

Kerry
Antrim & Down
Donegal
Cork
Wexford
Galway
King’s County (Offaly)
Limerick
Mayo
Waterford
Armagh
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Fermanagh
Kildare
Kilkenny
Leitrim
Londonderry (Derry)
Longford
Louth
Meath
Monaghan
Queen’s County (Laois)
Roscommon
Sligo
Tipperary
Tyrone
Westmeath
Wicklow

The 1901 census will follow after that. The entire project is scheduled for [...]