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World War One: United Kingdom & Ireland The Great War Head Quarters Please link Geni profiles to this project as well as ONLY ONE of the individual projects listed below Object of this exercise To link existing GENi profiles of WW1 personnel (survivors and casualties) to the relevant projects for men and women born in the Channel Islands, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This inclu...
World War I ( WWI ) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based o...
World War One: Armed Forces - Ireland During World War I (or the Great War) (1914–1918), Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, which entered the war in August 1914 as one of the Entente Powers, along with France and the Russian Empire. Over 200,000 Irishmen fought in the war, in several theatres and either 30,000 or, if one includes those who died serving in armi...
People Connected to County Dublin Republic of Ireland See also County Dublin - Main Page County Dublin Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards Dublin - Famous People People Connected to "Ireland" - unknown Specific Place or County
Who are the Ulster Scots? The Ulster Scots are an ethnic group in Ireland, descended from Lowland Scots and English from the border of those two countries, many from the "Border Reivers" culture. These people first began to occupy Ireland in large numbers with the Plantation of Ulster, a planned process of colonisation which took place under the auspices of James VI of Scotland and I of Engla...
This project is for notable Irish Americans. For researching your own Irish American ancestry, visit the general Irish American project . == Irish Americans are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. About 33.3 million Americans—10.5% of the total population...
People Connected to County Cork====Republic of Ireland See also >===== County Cork Burials >===== County Cork - Main Page >===== County Cork, Ireland - Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards >===== County County Cork - Famous People
Irish emigration to Australia=Irish Australians form the second largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering 1,919,727 or 9.0 per cent of respondents in the 2001 Census.Irish settlers – both voluntary and forced – were crucial to the development of the Australian colonies from the earliest days of European settlement. The Irish first came over in large numbers as convicts (50,000 were transport...
People Connected to County Armagh====Northern Ireland See also >===== County Armagh - Main Page >===== Historic Buildings of County Armagh, Northern Ireland >===== County Armagh Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards
[ ]Trinity College (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide), known in full as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin,[7] is a research university and the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland. The college was founded in 1592 as the "mother" of a new university,[Note 1] modelled after the collegiate universities of Oxford and of Cambridge, bu...
Castle Garden arrivals 1850-1890==This project is a sub-project of the main Castle Garden Arrivals project ==About Castle Garden==From August 1, 1855 through April 18, 1890, immigrants arriving in the state of New York came through Castle Garden. America's first official immigrant examining and processing center, Castle Garden welcomed approximately 8 million immigrants - most from Germany, ...
For a comparatively small population of about 6 million people, Ireland has made an an especially enormous contribution to literature. =Famous Irish * Abraham Stoker * Pierce Brosnan * W. B. Yeats * John Jack Butler Yeats * C. S. Lewis * Maureen O'Sullivan * Liam Neeson >>>>>--------------------------------------- Wikipedia
Corps of Royal Engineers - WW1 Including Royal Engineers Signal Services (formed in 1908) - The forerunner of the Royal Corps of Signals ===== Image right BMB Courtesy of British Military Badges - Daniel Baker The Royal Engineers (RE's) has been involved in every major conflict the British Army has fought. Their Motto is "Ubique" ("Everywhere") - awarded in 1832 as the unit has been involv...
=About the Irish Portal=Portal for people who are interested in Irish genealogy.The aim of this portal is to make this a very useful tool for research, and a place to meet other people tracing their Irish ancestors=='''What can you do here?'''==* '''Ask questions.'''* '''Collaborate on your research.'''* '''Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area. '''...
Trying to gather all my royal ancestors in one place. Direct ancestors only. William Henry Whiting was a descendant of King James II, King Charles 1st, 2nd. learnt Urdu from From Abdul Karim (the Munshi) scribe to queen. He grew up at Windsor Castle Victoria. HE was relatedto Prince Francis Teck, princess Mary Adelaide who from evidence they knew personally. He worked on the state Coach His ...
Irish DNA project Participating in the Irish DNA project gives an opportunity to uncover information not provided in the paper records, which will help with your research of your family tree. We will also discover which family trees are related. If you have taken an DNA test and you have Irish ancestors or are Irish please join this DNA group to learn more about your DNA and ancestors. In...
Please relate and index Ireland-based DNA projects here. Ireland DNA Projects (alphabetically) References ”Top 5 Irish Ancestry Surprises All Irish Should Know.” “Here is an infographic to help you visualize Ireland’s genetic roadmap through time:”
IRELAND Place Projects= Fáilte! This is a sub-project of International Places Project Index Every person is born somewhere, marries, lives, works and dies somewhere. Places are a key component to family history research. This project aims to be the starting point in your search for a place in IRELAND on Geni to discover more about your ancestors. If a place you are looking for in IRELAND is not...
This project is to create a Collaborative template to defer to for the Medieval Irish tree on Geni . Please come & help to get it as correct as we can.I've begun by using Charles Cawley's Medlands as the initial format - mostly because he's the best laid out internet resource to cut & paste from. We can edit in / over further sources, as we go, this being a very long-term project an all :-) Sha...
TAILORA tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers, and similar garments, usually of wool, linen, or silk.* A tailor-made is a man's suit consisti...
This project is for people engaged in the politics of Ireland . Please add profiles for anyone who has ever been engaged in Irish politics -- TDs, MEPs, local officials, candidates, presidents, taoisigh, etc. Presidents of Ireland See: Presidents of Ireland Taoisigh of Ireland W. T. Cosgrave (6 December 1922 - 9 March 1932) Éamon de Valera (9 March 1932 - 18 February 1948) John A...
The president of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of Ireland and the supreme commander of the Irish Defence Forces. The president holds office for seven years, and can be elected for a maximum of two terms. . Presidents of Ireland Douglas Hyde (25 June 1938 - 24 June 1945) Seán T. O'Kelly (25 June 1945 - 24 June 1959) Éamon de Valera (25 June 1959 - 24 June 19...
Irish Diaspora=The Irish diaspora Diaspóra na nGael consists of Irish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil and states of the Caribbean and continental Europe. The diaspora, maximally interpreted, contains over 80 million people, which is over thirteen times the populati...
Scope == The surname Meehan is from the Irish Gaelic name Uí Miadhachain (oh mee-ach-awn) that derives from Miadhach , which means "honourable".There seem to be three major branches:* Uí Miadhachain - the original Meehan family that is said to be a branch of the McCarthys from Munster that settled in Country Leitrim, at Ballymeehan (then Ballaghameighan/Ballagh Meighan) and spread to the surrou...
People Connected to County Galway====Republic of Ireland See also >===== County Galway - Main Page >===== County Galway Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries and Graveyards >===== People Connected to "Ireland" - unknown Specific Place or County >===== They came from Ireland - Origin Unknown