10 days Ireland June 30-July 11th, 2017

Old Oct 24th, 2016, 05:16 PM
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10 days Ireland June 30-July 11th, 2017

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My husband and I are taking our first trip to Ireland next summer. I have living relatives there, (my Grandparents were both born there) however, after much time on ancestry with no results we're just planning our trip. We are flying into Dublin and staying for two nights, using the hop on hop off pass. From there, We'd like to drive to Kilkenny for a day & night there, hit the Rock of Cashel guided tour. After this, we want to hit the west coast for the remainder of our trip, we're thinking of staying in Dingle, Galway, Kenmare, or Kilarney, any recommendations? We want to see Cliffs of Moher, Ring of Kerry, maybe Muckross? Def. Bunratty Castle. Any hotel and or B & B recommendations are greatly appreciated! Also, day trips, tours etc. Thx in advance
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Old Oct 25th, 2016, 04:20 AM
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http://www.nli.ie/en/genealogy-advisory-service.aspx

Stop here and see if you can find out more info.
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Old Oct 25th, 2016, 07:38 AM
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Thank you for the suggestion, I will!
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Do you know where your grandparents were born? You could look in the 1901 and 1911 censuses if any of your ancestors were still in Ireland at that time. If you're not sure, search for the surnames of your grandparents. Any additional information you can furnish, even county, will help, especially if the surname is a common one.

jhttp://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

There are also message boards and mailing lists for many of the counties of Ireland. These have been very helpful to me in searching for my family.

All four of my grandparents were born in Ireland. Some of them had kept in touch with our family, but I managed to track down others, first by going to my father's birthplace, and then by making contacts through those I already knew.

This summer I was in Ireland for the third time, and on my mother's side of the family I met up with over 50 relatives, for dinner at a restaurant one night. On my father's side I met 16 relatives.
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Thank you, and yes, My Grandmother was born in Cork, and My grandfather Kerrie, Ive found their signatures arriving at Ellis Island, their siblings, but need to come forward and not back. 6 years ago, when my father passed, a lady who would have been a great niece of my Grandmother, saw my Dad's obituary, and mailed my Mom a letter, including an email and return address, but alas, my Mother lost it or it accidently got thrown away. That is just fabulous all of the family you have connected with!
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If you want some help with Irish genealogy, you can find some good people here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1288. Membership of the board is free, so the worst that might happen is that you lose a little time.

Kerry is particularly easy to research, because of the wealth of stuff available online.

Working forward to linking up with relatives is difficult, because there is a convention in genealogy of not posting information about living people. That said, I have identified houses occupied in about 1850 by ancestors, gone to have a look at them, and met cousins who still lived in the same area.
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Yes, that's the idea. My paternal grandmother has a very common surname, but I knew approximately where she lived. By searching in the 1900 and 1910 censuses, I was able to find out exactly where her family was from. This led me, via a message board, to some cousins living in the area.

In Ireland, there is a complicated system for naming children for other relatives. In my father's family it wasn't followed at all, but it was certainly followed in my mother's family. It starts with the oldest son being named after the paternal granddfather, and the oldest daughter after the maternal grandmother, then the 2nd son after the maternal grandfather, and so forth. In my mother's family, even the younger children were named after aunts and uncles. This means you could search for other people with the surnames and given names of your grandparents.

The records at Ellis Island usually indicate the town where the immigrants came from, or the nearest large town. This would help you narrow down the area.
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