Category: Ireland
A list of episodes of The Family Histories Podcast discussing family history from Ireland, before and after its partition in 1921.
See also Northern Ireland.
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S08EP07 – ‘The Nationalist’ with Daniel Loftus
In this season finale, host Andrew Martin meets Daniel Loftus and hears about Project Infant, a Irish Nationalist, and goes looking for a couple in Mayo, Ireland.
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S07EP02 – ‘The Knitter’ with Dave Annal
Andrew meets genealogist Dave Annal and hears how an illegitimacy story suddenly unfolded, and they’re looking for the origins and fate of an Irish ancestor.
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S06EP06 – ‘The Runaway’ with Teresa Vega
Andrew meets family historian Teresa Vega and hears how her runaway ancestor, and is on the trail of a man’s mysterious origins in 19th Century Manhattan.
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S04EP06: ‘The Politician’ with Claire Bradley
Andrew meets Irish genealogist Claire Bradley and hears about a politician who not only survived elections, but also 5 shipwrecks. We’re also looking for a couple with two of the most common Irish surnames.
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Chart record beaten by Ireland after 2 days
Listeners in Ireland give the podcast its debut Irish charting position, and highest charting position ever in Apple Podcasts’ ‘Top Shows’.
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S03EP05: ‘The Priest’ with Jill Ball
Andrew meets Australian genealogist Jill Ball, to find out about her family history research, to hear about her priest ancestor, and we’re looking for a James Duncan after 1857.
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S01EP06: ‘The Witness’ with David Ryan
In this episode, Andrew meets David Ryan, who will tell us about how he got into genealogy, working for Ancestry, his WITNESS ancestor who lived through huge changes in Ireland, and we’re looking for 2 ladies in 1840s Tipperary.
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S01EP03: ‘The Butcher’ with George Hall
Andrew is joined by George Hall, a GenZ genealogist who is fairly new to genealogy. Despite this, George has uncovered his BUTCHER ancestor, and is looking to solve an Irish mystery.