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The O'Donoghue Society

For all those interested in history and genealogy and whose names are derived from the Gaelic

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Researcher's Tips

UK electoral rolls, workhouse records and trade directories
When your UK ancestor seems to have disappeared from the census and parish registers try the Electoral Rolls for the area. Also Workhouse records are worth researching and old Trade Directories. All of the above three suggestions have helped me in my research.

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April 2019 journal published
Snippets blog: The story of O'Donoghue People and Places and John Donohue's 80th
St Patricks Day at O'Donoghues in Brisbane Australia
April Snippet: The Family Farm - Response Two
March Snippet: Books I have read and why they helped me understand historical Ireland and my O'Donoghue family - Response Three posted
April Snippet: The Family Farm - Response One posted
Big price reductions on books - Heroic Landscapes: Irish Myth & Legend from £12 to £5 and O'Donoghue People and Places from £7 to £5
Leinster origins and DNA - request for information emailed
March Snippet: Books I have read and why they helped me understand historical Ireland and my O'Donoghue family - Response Two posted
March Snippet: Books I have read and why they helped me understand historical Ireland and my O'Donoghue family - Response One posted
Responses to the February Snippet 'How the Famine affected my ancestors' are on the Blog
March Snippet subject: 'Books I have read and why they helped me understand historical Ireland and my O'Donoghue family'
Responses to the January Snippet 'Emigrant ancestors who returned to Ireland' are posted on the Blog
February Snippet subject: 'How the Irish famine affected my family'
January Snippet: Emigrant ancestors who returned to Ireland
January 2019 journal published
Family history blog: Aran Isles ancestry and DNA see Helen Frazier's message
November Snippet 'Armistice Day 11 November 1918' - responses posted on the Snippets blog
There will not be a Snippet subject for December as folk will have other priorities! January will be next one
'Armistice Day - 11 November 1918' is the November Snippet subject. Let's have your stories
In the News blog: 'He bears grudges' - RTE's Tony O'Donoghue reacts to Martin O'Neill's Ireland departure
Snippets blog: 'Lost at Sea' the October subject - Responses Rounds Two to Six
Snippets blog: 'Lost at Sea' the October subject - Responses Round One
In the News blog: Last Days on the Islands - Hughie O'Donoghue exhibition
The October Snippet subject is 'Lost at Sea' - give me your stories please