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Writers Week & The Great Irish Famine

'Quoting from Listowel Writers Week it reports 'Mapping the Irish Famine was a huge success on the Friday night at The Plaza Centre.The panel included Australian Booker prize winning author Thomas ...
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Mapping the Famine – Writer’s Week 2013

Two events will take place to-morrow in Listowel remembering those who were victims of the Great Famine - those who died from starvation and disease and those who were forced ...
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The Down Survey for Kerry

Last Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a lecture of the Irish Genealogical Research Society in Dublin where Kerryman Micheál O' Siochru, TCD Associate Professor of History gave us ...
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Kelliher, Spring, Raymond – Australian VIP’s

The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography and is now online. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of ...
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