I am seeking information on my GGG parents Thomas Heffernan and Ann Tobin.
Their Daughter Mary (b c1837) left Muckalee, Co Kilkenny for Australia c1858
I plan to visit the area in mid- September this year and would appreciate any information about the families and their descendants.
County Kilkenny, or Cill Chainnigh in Irish, is located in the south-east region of Ireland. It is known as the Marble City because of its distinctive black marble. We have a population of approximately 95,419. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.
The church where James and Bridget were married-April 27th 1827
Location: Kilkenny
O'Loughlin Memorial Church of St John the Evangelist
Location: Kilkenny
Dublin Road, Kilkenny
Kilfane House
Location: Kilkenny
Kilfane House, Between Gowran and Thomastown
Kilkenny Castle
Location: Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Travelling Folk in the 1930s
<p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>
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1893 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final
1894-06-24 12:00:00
1895 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final
1896-03-15 12:00:00
1897 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final
1898-11-20 12:00:00