A father’s love for his son
Contributed by Michael O'Donoghue I thought I would send a series of photos I have just framed. It was only a few years ago I saw this pattern of photos. The first photo is of my Grandfather John Patrick ODONOGHUE with my father Owen. The second photo is of me with my father and the […]
Why our name is spelt Donahue
Contributed by Tom Donahue My grandfather Patrick Donohue, who came to the US around 1850, was born In Kilmuckridge in Wexford. He was illiterate when he became a US citizen in 1860 so the application for citizenship is marked by his 'X'. Years later my father researched this application and noted that the Presiding Judge […]
Aran Isles ancestry and DNA
Greetings all. I am Helen Donahue, my Donahue line comes from Portland, Maine. I am a volunteer at the Maine Irish Heritage Center in the genealogy department. We have a couple of projects that I thought might be of interest to you. They are through FTDNA, one is the Maine Gaeltacht project and the other is […]
Trinity digitally recreates seven centuries of Irish history lost in 1922 Four Courts fire
3-D virtual reality reconstruction of Irish national archive will allow public to walk through the destroyed building and explore the lost records. Trinity College have launched ground-breaking project to digitally recreate the Four Courts Public Record Office building and it’s seven centuries of records in a historic 3-D virtual reality reconstruction. The building and contents, on […]
Irish Ancestors web site
John Grenham's work is terrific https://www.johngrenham.com/. He has just launched maps showing RC baptisms for every parish where our name is involved. Go to https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=O%27Donoghue and then click on the new tab on lefthand side under Maps
Digitalize records – a New Year’s resolution
Contibuted by Michael O'Donohue Digitalized records are a key part of the genealogists resources. However, records do not become digitalized by themselves. To this end, the Dublin City University has launched a project to digitalize the National Folklore Collection. The idea is to achieve this using a public participation approach, which means that they need […]
WW1 Donahue, Donahye, Donoghue, Donohue, Donohoe soldiers’ photos
While searching for my 2nd great grandfather Jeremiah D Donoghue 1835-1915, I came across these 13 photos from http://archives.lib.state.ma.us that I thought you might like for your new site. If you would like to see any of them please contact Rod Thanks to Jean Smoorenburg
Insights into 1881 Irish census
Although no part of the 1881 Irish census survives, the general report gives a fascinating insight into the information returned that year. If you know where your Irish ancestors were living at the time, it is worth checking this online at the Histpop site: https://tinyurl.com/lzmkh7m. The report includes maps and diagrams, literacy levels and other […]
Abstracts from the 1841-51 Irish censuses
Genealogist Josephine Masterson re-created abstracts of information from the 1841 and 1851 Irish censuses. Her largest source for the abstracts were old age pension records. Old age pensions for those age 70 and above began in 1908. However, civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Ireland did not begin until 1864. To prove their […]
Harvard’ sonline collection ‘Women Working 1800-1930’
Harvard’s online collection ‘Women Working, 1800-1930’ http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/diaries.html features digitised diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and journals, providing a broad record of daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here you will find stories and recollections of women astronomers and doctors, preachers and missionaries, reformers and suffragists, school girls and school teachers, a philanthropist and a ‘country […]