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#Genealogy #FamilyHistory Researching Donnelly, Donelan, McGarrity, Hughes, Casey, Holleran, Reilly in Westmeath, Tyrone, Louth, & Mayo. #Genearosity restricted records at FamilySearch Center & Affiliate Library #ACPL Found Cousins Genealogy

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · Jan 29

Challenging Research
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

foundcousins.home.blog/2019/01/06/c...
How a #ConsanguinityDispensation from 1899 opened doors to my #FamilyHistory

1899 RC marriage record of Peter Gilmore and Elizabeth Holleran showing the consanguinity dispensation - marking them as related.

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 21m

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
#LoveMyLibrary #ACPL

16 October 2025 at 6:30 pm Eastern US

FREE Virtual Program - Documenting Your Sources: The Key to Credible Genealogy

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 24m

#CanadianGenealogy #FamilyHistory

Free webinar - 'Navigating the new Library and Archives Canada website' - Genealogy à la carte

Struggling with Library and Archives Canada’s new website? Want to learn to learn more? The Québec Genealogical eSociety will host the free webinar, Navigating the New Library and Archives Canada Webs...

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 2h

🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 31m

My hometown has made me proud.

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 33m

This is the bridge now. Cell phones didn't exist when I was following it down US 78.

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 43m

When I was in my teens - just old enough to drive - I spent several excruciating hours on a 2-lane road behind half of a covered bridge being moved for placement at a history park. The next day, my mother had the same experience, behind the other half. #FamilyHistory

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 14h

Show them this!

Photo of a library card catalog with a skeleton.

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 15h

BTW, my new results show 15% County Donegal - not a straggler in my bunch was from Donegal. I have a solid paper trail in Ireland to 4 other counties. #IrishGenealogy

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 15h

We said that last year when we all got a large %age of Channel Islands DNA. Those Islands don't have the population to support that many scattered descendants. The results were quietly modified a few days later. I'm watching for the same this year. #GeneticGenealogy

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Kathleen Lenihan @kathleenlenihan.bsky.social · 23h

Stephen Colbert had a message from the leader of the Frog Resistance. The best minute and half you'll have all day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 1d

#FamilySearch #Free
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory
www.familysearch.org/en/newsroom/...
This month's schedule includes a Livestream highlighting the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 1d

You don't need to wait for me to offer. Just ping me. I keep a spreadsheet open at all times to add items.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 1d

#BlueSkyGenealogy
I am at my FamilySearch Center this afternoon, if anyone needs a restricted record copy.
#NewPCWorkout
#Genearosity #PayItForward #SpreadTheWord
@shamrockgen.bsky.social @climbingfamilytree.bsky.social @atcherleyons.bsky.social @alliethinks.bsky.social @sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 1d

The corduroys came out here over the weekend!

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 1d

#IrishGenealogy

Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 2d

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has recently been updated with 5000+ new references. Discover further details about this update in this On History blog blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/bibl... @brepols.net

Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2025 update - On History

What’s new in BBIH?  The October 2025 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds over 5,000 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters and…

blog.history.ac.uk

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 2d

#IrishGenealogy

National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 2d

This #MapMonday, explore historic maps of #Ireland!

We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️

Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

side by side view of first and second edition ordnance survey maps for Waterford from National Library of Scotland website

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 2d

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 3d

The roll-out this week has some major changes.
I suspect we will see some tweaks in the near future, similar to the one when EVERYBODY got a large chunk of Isle of Man. This time, it's County Donegal.
#IrishGenealogy #GeneticGenealogy

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 4d

Through 22 October 2025, sitewide sale at #Ancestry
Subscriptions, DNA, ProTools, all on sale.

Subscriptions are approximately half-off.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Sitewide Sale | Ancestry

www.ancestry.com

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 4d

Context is essential.

Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 4d

#IrishGenealogy

Allie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social · 4d

For those interested in the work currently being done on Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland. #IrishGenealogy

araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 6d

An online lecture series promoting the principles of diversity & inclusion across archival collections and the wider record-keeping community will kick off on Oct 22nd at 1pm.

1st talk will be about Preserving Records in support of Truth Recovery in Northern Ireland

@araukie.bsky.social

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 4d

Need a ketchup/catsup splatter!😎

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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 5d

Are you an MA or PhD student working on 20th-century European History or Holocaust studies? Join us for a digital skills workshop to discover highlights from our unique archive collections!

Sign up now: bit.ly/4naClvi

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

Cartoon by @rmckee.bsky.social.
#NobelPeacePrize

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Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social · 5d

Me, too.
You can also download a PDF from Ancestry. #GeneticGenealogy