Where in Ireland is your surname from? 🗺️ Genealogist Barry Griffin has mapped 6,000+ Irish names using the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Via our media partner IrishCentral 👇

Where in Ireland is your surname from? 🗺️ Genealogist Barry Griffin has mapped 6,000+ Irish names using the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Via our media partner IrishCentral 👇
On this day in 1723, William Dobbin died aged 73. The Journals show the coat of arms on his gravestone at Duneany, Co. Antrim. See more inscriptions from this graveyard in the Journals: tinyurl.com/dobb1723
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On this day in 1631, Charles Vaughan was appointed as the rector of Banagher and Dungiven parish, Co. Derry/Londonderry. Find out more about the early ministers of this parish in the Journals: tinyurl.com/vaug1631
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I’m at the lovely PRONI in Belfast for a few days. I love getting a will and pausing for a moment to wonder if I’m the first person to look at it in a hundred years. #genealogy #IrishGenealogy
On this day in 1745, Margaret Holmes died aged 18. Her father, Hugh, died the same day in 1752, aged 58. Find out more about their family in the Journals: tinyurl.com/holm1745
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On this day in 1789, John Thomas - son of John and Catherine - was baptised at Rathmacknee, Co. Wexford. See more transcripts of this parish register in the Journals: tinyurl.com/thom1789
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On this day in 1873, Septimus Parker Hewson died two months shy of his 100th birthday. The Journals show his gravestone inscription at Kilkeedy, Co. Limerick: tinyurl.com/hews1873
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Latest update from the Tuam Mother and Baby home excavation:
* 10 more infant burials recovered, all were coffined and from the known burial ground
* the Bill to allow the collection of DNA from first cousins is expected to be published soon
October newsletter now out!
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On this day in 1855, Sarah McClintock died aged 32. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Derry Cathedral, Co. Derry/Londonderry, in the Journals: tinyurl.com/mccl1855
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I wish IrishCentral wouldn't repackage old news and present as new. They originally published that 7 years ago. Here's another newer site doing similar work.
downtheroad.dev/census/surna... #IrishGenealogy