Arklow is a seaport, market town and parish, in the county of Wicklow, 46 miles [south] from Dublin, 11 [southeast] from Rathdrum, and 10 [north] from Gorey; situated on the…
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In Search of Margaret Martin
On a certain Sunday, I formed one of the congregation assembled in the chapel of a large metropolitan Workhouse. With the exception of the clergyman and clerk, and a very…
Finding Missing Pieces: The Bracks of Dean’s Grange
Two Men Fined at Cabinteely Sessions Yesterday at Cabinteely sessions, … The Dublin and Southern Eastern Railway Company prosecuted Anthony and James Brack for removing sand off the foreshore of…
Parallel Sourcing: Sailing to America!
O father, never learned to write O mother, heart of eternal loving Where are your stories? How may I know you? Are you not written in my bones, Genetic blueprint…
Family Food History: Putting on the Irish!
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. So the saying goes, and oh, does it apply to family history! You’ve done all of this…
Ancestry Hack #1: Follow That Census Taker!
Martinstown, County Meath, Ireland, August 18th, 1831. SIR, I have been favoured with two copies of your circular on the census of the population. I would wish to know what…
Tell It with a Clerihew!
Mr. John Brack, He loved his land and his little stone shack. When Lord Charles Domville tried to evict him, Each time wily John managed to trick him. That is…
Christmas in the Workhouse: Finding the Hook!
Last Christmas I decided I needed an ancestor story to match the season. I thought about family members who lived at Rathdown Workhouse in Dublin, Ireland and what manner of…