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Honoured to join American Irish Historical Society’s Elizabeth Stack at the #portal in New York this weekend to symbolically pass bronze shoes across the Atlantic to Ambassador Eamonn McKee & other participants in the Global Irish Famine Way Commemorative Walk in Dublin. Find out more about this evocative &

Canadian Grosse Ile "L'Ile des Irlandais" would be the first and for some the final resting place in the New World for thousands of Irish emigrants. Instead of being a golden door to the new world, it was for many at the time of the Great Famine a sad gateway into the next world.

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British aviators Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight landing at #Clifden, #Connemara, Co Galway at 8:40 am #OTD 1919.

In 1845, Frederick Douglass stayed longer in Ireland as he enjoyed the warm welcome and - "the entire absence of everything that looked like prejudice against me" This is what it means to be Irish #Ireland Great insights by Christine Kinealy Ireland's Great Hunger Museum theconversation.com/what-frederick…

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Robert O'Hara Burke died #OTD 1861 in Australia. He was born in St Clerans, County Galway, Ireland in May 1821. He was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. Did your ancestor emigrate to Australia?

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George Bernard Shaw was born #OTD 1856 in Portobello, Dublin. "People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." Bernard Shaw

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In 1885, the first Jacob "cream cracker" is made. It was invented by Joseph Haughton at his home in Dublin, Ireland, and then manufactured by William Jacob in his small bakery. The name refers to the method in which the mixture is creamed during manufacture. #irishinventors

#OTD 1878 Intermediate Education Act was passed providing a breakthrough in girls' secondary education. Along with the 1879 Royal University of Ireland Act, they established the principle that females had the right to sit for public competitive exams & take university degrees.

An academic in the United States who discovered his 100 per cent Irish ancestry following a DNA test has been awarded Irish citizenship. Read the "Irish Times" article here. (Photo © Irish Times)

Accredited Genealogists Ireland in Partnership with @kildarevillage today presented ‘An Introduction to Genealogy’. AGI Members Anne-Marie Smith, Joan Sharkey & Jillian Van Turnhout were present. Jillian gave a wonderful talk & AGI provided free consultations. #irishgenealogy

Originally The Cork Examiner, the Irish Examiner was founded by MP and barrister John Francis Maguire. It first hit the streets #OTD 1841. It supported Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell.

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We were commissioned to find an old photo of “J.F. Hudson”, former Captain (1932) of the Royal Dublin Golf Club. Genealogy.ie rose to the challenge and his photo is now proudly on the wall. This is the story of how we traced his living relatives genealogy.ie/hudsonphoto/