http://www.gigadial.net/public/station/313538 Ireland and Irish Travel. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:54:08 MST en http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_007_09222008.mp3 In this episode, we interview our friend and traveling companion, Lisa, about her experiences regarding researching her Irish family roots. One caveat: When doing research and finding information from any source, don't believe that the information you find is accurate until you can verify it by finding a second source that backs up that information. The government records aren't always accurate and neither are family records or the records of churches for that matter. ALWAYS CROSS-VERIFY YOUR INFORMATION! The National Archives of Irelandhttp://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/centres.html Irish Family History Foundation website http://www.irish-roots.ie/ The Irish Family History Foundation is the coordinating body for a network of county based genealogical research centers on the island of Ireland. Centres specifically mentioned in podcast Episode 7: Meath Heritage CentreCastle Street (next to Trim Castle)Trim, Co. Meath www.meathroots.com County Cavan Genealogy Centre1st Floor, Johnston Central LibraryFarnham StreetCavan Town, Co. Cavanwww.irish-roots.ie/cavan.asp Irish Genealogy Limited website http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ This is the official web site of Irish Genealogy Limited (IGL). Irish Genealogy Limited was set up in 1993 to manage and market the Irish Genealogical Project. Ireland Gen Web Project website http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ This site is part of the WorldGenWeb Project and is the local resource index page for Ireland research. It has a clickable map of all the Irish counties. Irish Family Research (Based in the U.K.) http://www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk Founded by Mary Quinn, a lawyer from the U.K. Links and information and a message board where you can try to find information that others may already have located. (Many genealogical research sites have these message boards, and they can prove helpful in your search.) Ireland Roots website http://www.irelandroots.com/ There is no information on this website (that we have been able to ascertain at any rate - doesn't mean it isn't there; we just haven't seen it) about who is sponsoring this website. But there is a very active message board associated with the site and some interesting information about starting your search for your roots (not specifically Irish roots, just genealogical research in general). Irish Ancestors research page from RootsWeb and Ancestry.com http://www.irishancestors.net/ Not all resources from Ancestry.com are free, but this page contains the links to a bunch of resources specifically related to Irish genealogical research that are free. Footnote.com http://www.footnote.com/ On-line document look-ups. Many services are free, but if you want to print, save, or annotate all of their documents, you will need a membership. There are millions and millions of document images from all over the world on this site. I found that many of the ones I wanted to look at require a membership to access, but there are tons of documents you can access for free. This might be a great place to go when you're just starting your research. You could probably obtain a lot of good free information to get you started. Then you could get a membership later when you're further along in your research. U.K. Genealogy website http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/ireland.htm This portion of the website is specifically related to Irish root research. You can search for information on your U.K. roots as well, which is rather nice. Irish Times http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ Even the Irish Times newspaper sponsors a website related to finding your roots! About.com website http://genealogy.about.com/od/ireland/tp/irish_databases.htm This page is a list of what About.com considers the top 12 online resources for researching your Irish ancestors. Interesting stuff - not all of the areas of all of the sites are free though. (Side note: About.com has a pretty large ge http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=382964# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:22:01 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_006_08042008.mp3 The Queenstown Storyhttp://www.cobhheritage.com/index2.html Cobh Chamber of commercehttp://www.cobhharbourchamber.ie/index.html Cobh Museumhtt://www.cobhmuseum.com Sirius Art Centrehttp://www.iol.ie/~cobharts/ St Colman's Cathedralhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cobh-cathedral Titanic trail tourhttp://www.titanic-trail.com/trail.htm Fota Islandhttp://www.fotawildlife.ie Fota House and Gardenshttp://www.fotahouse.com Heritage Island Guide Bookshttp://www.heritageisland.com/Touring%20Guide.asp Marine Transport Services (provides harbour cruises)http://www.scottcobh.ie/pages/tours.html Foodhttp://www.goireland.com/ireland/restaurants-in-ireland-page1.htm http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=369786# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:20:32 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_005_07042008.mp3 We give a brief update about the job hunt in Ireland and about our trip to Kinsale and Charles Fort.Heritage Ireland/OPW - Info about heritage passes and all OPW sites. Also updates on clusures and schedule modifications.http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/ Desmond Castlehttp://www.heritageireland.ie/en/south-west/DesmondCastle/ Charles Forthttp://www.heritageireland.ie/en/south-west/CharlesFort/ Kinsale Town Infohttp://www.kinsale.iehttp://www.cork-guide.ie/kinsale.htmOne-Minute Irishhttp://omIrish.libsyn.com/ Mike Hanrahanhttp://www.mikehanrahannl.com/ http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=355855# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:20:24 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_004_05112008.mp3 The Ring of Hook, Hook Head lighthouse, Duncannon and Dunbrody AbbeyOn our first day back in Ireland, we drove the ring of hook and went to Hook Head Lighthouse, Duncannon fort and Dunbrody abbey.Ring of Hook/Duncannon Fort/Dunbrody Abbey http://www.thehook-wexford.com/ The Cockleshell Gallery http://www.cockleshellgallery.com http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=340488# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:20:14 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_003_05052008.mp3 Fewer than 5 days left 'til we leave for Ireland!!!!!A brief update on the Irish job hunt. Work Permits vs Green Cards when looking for a job in Ireland A brief interview with our friend and traveling companion, Lisa.Work Permits Guide (http://www.entemp.ie/publications/labour/2007/guideworkpermits.pdf)Green Card Guide (http://www.entemp.ie/publications/labour/2007/guidegreencards.pdf)Generic Work Permit/Green Card Info (http://workpermit.com)Business Permission/Self Employment Info (http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/BUSINESS.PDF/Files/BUSINESS.PDF)Tax - Artists' Exemption (http://www.revenue.ie/index.htm?/revguide/artistexemption.htm) http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=336489# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:20:05 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_002_04052008.mp3 We have about 30 days until our trip to Ireland! We discuss the itinerary for our May 2008 trip.Dungarvan Areahttp://www.dungarvantourism.com/Ring of Hook/Duncannon Fort/Dunbrody Abbeyhttp://www.thehook-wexford.com/Southeast Ireland Info Sitehttp://www.discoverireland.ie/southeast.aspxMountain Drives:Comeragh Mountainshttp://www.discoverireland.ie/DI/resultsengine/IndividualResultTCS.aspx?touristItemID=8575Knockmealdown Mountains/Glen of Aherlowhttp://www.visitclonmel.com/WalkingInfo.aspPowerscourt Gardens and Waterfallhttp://www.powerscourt.ie/gardens/Monastic Irelandhttp://www.monasticireland.com/index2.htmGlendaloughhttp://www.glendalough.connect.ie/Killarney Areahttp://www.killarney.ie/Killarney National Parkhttp://homepage.eircom.net/~knp/duchas/index.htmDingle Peninsulahttp://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/The Burren:Burren Center at Kilfenorahttp://www.theburrencentre.ie/Burren Beohttp://www.burrenbeo.com/County Clare Sites:East County Clare Info (Including Holy Island, Lough Derg)http://www.eastclareheritage.com/Moone High Crosshttp://kildare.ie/Heritage/History/religious/crosses/moone-high-cross.htmKilkenny Town Informationhttp://www.kilkennycityonline.com/info.aspBru na Boinne (Newgrange/Knowth/Howth) and other heritage sites in Meathhttp://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/Clonmacnoisehttp://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/clonmacnoise.htm http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=325337# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:19:50 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_001_03132008.mp3 Our update - Being outsourced and the beginning of the job hunt in Ireland.Planning your first trip to Ireland - an overview.Irish job sitesRecruit Ireland (www.recruitireland.com)Monster (www.monster.ie)Loadzajobs (www.loadzajobs.ie)Some news SourcesIrish Emigrant(www.emigrant.ie)The Irish times (www.ireland.com)The RTE morning show (www.rte.ie)Other links mentionedFairymount Farm (www.fairymountfarm.com)Ordnance Survey Ireland (www.osi.ie)Metric Conversion (www.metric-conversions.org) http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=317571# Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:19:41 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast http://media.libsyn.com/media/engagingireland/EI_000_03282008.mp3 Why Ireland? And why will you want to keep listening? In this brief introductory episode, we give you the answers. http://www.engagingireland.com/index.php?post_id=312264# Thu, 01 May 2008 21:10:33 MST The Engaging Ireland Podcast