The O'Connor Family Tree - Edmonton, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

01/03/2022

Access to records is free

23/05/2020

A tranche of birth, marriage and death certificates has been made available online for no charge.

04/05/2020

May Eve

During May Eve, known in ancient Ireland as the Bealtaine (formally a festival for the fire and sun god Baal), fairies have the greatest power over the things of this earth. No man, woman or child should venture from their home lest they become permanent residents of fairyland. Flowers should be affixed to the windows of homes so that fairies might not enter and take hold of desirable mortals. Sheep, goats and cows should be locked within doors, with all the appropriate protective aids of primroses, holy water and fire about the animals to ward off fairy powers. Every Hawthorn tree has a fairy band disporting in rings about it. The Glas Gaivlen ( Glas Gaibhnenn ) the fairy cow with green spots, graces the farmers’ fields and brings them luck.
On May Eve they seek and celebrate beauty; but being in such good spirits, they frequently take pleasure in an old crone or withered man and thus in their amusement spirit them away.
On May Day several precautions should be taken, for if a spell is placed on that day its powers last until next May Eve. Neither fire nor water should be given from the house that day or else the turf might not burn nor the water rise up from the well.
Although May Eve is most subject to fairy influence, fairies consider all the month of May their special time. Fairies do their most travelling in the month of May and hence are quite aware of human happenings. They are given to resting by lakes and streams where they net and capture solitary mortals wandering in secluded places. Many are taken and most who appear to die in the month of May, especially children and beautiful women, are actually healthy and alive in the land of the sidhe. . .
A History of Irish Fairies by Carolyn White (1972)
Photo taken on the Hill of Uisneach by Simon Tuite

02/04/2020

23/04/2019

FR. ABE, KENNEDY, P.P.

The death has occurred of FR. ABE, KENNEDY, P.P.
Duniry, Loughrea, Galway / Fethard, Tipperary

Fr. Abe, P.P., Abbey-Duniry, unexpectedly but peacefully in the presence of his loving family and under the sensitive care of the Staff of St. Lawrence's Ward, Beaumont Hospital, predeceased by his father Sean and mother Angela. Deeply missed by his sisters Mary and June, their partners Marc and Tom, his nieces Clodagh and Audrey, nephews Bill and Mark, grandnieces Laura, Jess, Becky, Caoimhe and Ellie, grandnephew Kealan, Bishop Kirby and the Priests of the Diocese of Clonfert. Abe will be an enormous loss to his extended family, large circle of friends, the parish of Abbey-Duniry and communities in Portumna and Fethard.

Reposing today, Tuesday, April 23rd, in the Church of the Holy Family, Duniry from 8 p.m. with prayers at 10 p.m. Reposing also tomorrow, Wednesday, from 10 a.m. with Mass at 2 p.m. followed by further reposal until 5 p.m. Funeral Mass in Fethard Parish Church, Co. Tipperary on Thursday, April 25th, at 12 noon with burial afterwards in Calvary Cemetery, Fethard.



A light has gone out in all our lives.

Rest in Peace Abe.

29/11/2018

* * UNESCO Status for Camogie & Hurling * *

🎉 Delighted to announce the international recognition of Camogie and Hurling by UNESCO today with the awarding of the prestigious status of Intangible Cultural Heritage!

This recognises its mythological roots back to Cú Chulainn & it’s role in modern Ireland, promoting wellbeing, inclusiveness & team spirit.

Congratulations to all involved on their work to support our wonderful, spectacular games.



Westmeath Camogie Page
Camogie
An Iarmhí
Club Iarmhi
Westmeathgaaofficial
Westmeath Sport
Westmeath Page
Curran Hurling
Westmeath Camogie Development
Bridgits Camogie Westmeath
Castletown Geoghegan Camogie Club
Delvin Camogie
Brownstown Camogie
St Munnas Camogie
Clonkill Camogie Club
Raharney Camogie Club
Lough Lene Gaels Camogie Club
Crookedwood Camogie
Delvin Camogie
Raharney Camogie Club
Drumraney Camogie
Westmeath Examiner
Westmeath Topic

11/07/2017

This website contains images from the NLI’s collection of Catholic parish register microfilms. The registers contain records of baptisms and marriages from the majority of Catholic parishes in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to 1880.

04/07/2017

A tour of Ireland, 1933. It was filmed for movie theaters in America as a filler before the main feature began.

18/06/2017

"Ireland in Ruins" turns out to be 'A guide to the best and sometimes off the beaten track historical ruins around Ireland and how to get there'
http://irelandinruins.blogspot.co.uk/

A guide to the best and sometimes off the beaten track historical ruins around Ireland and how to get there.

18/06/2017

A site that has been on the go for years - curated by Dr. Jane Lyons.
It has a mass of free material useful for family historians and is particularly good for gravestone inscriptions.
It is worthwhile making repeated visits as new material is regularly added.

Here you will find millions of free records, compiled by Dr. Jane Lyons, including: gravestone records, gravestone photographs, 1901 census records, 1911 census records, 1931 trade directory records, birth records, marriage records, death records, Lewis' topographical records, Griffith's valuation r...

15/02/2017

New website dedicated to helping people with Irish ancestry discover their family history.

This Irish Government supported, official web site, is dedicated to helping you in your search for records of family history for past generations.

07/02/2017

The pictures show a very rural Ireland at a time where the horse and cart was the most common mode of transport and thatched cottages lined the countryside.