Tag Archives: ireland
My podcast interview on Irish Roots Cafe
In July, I was interviewed by Mike O’Laughlin of the Irish Roots Cafe for his Irish Families Worldwide podcast. The interview is about my family history tour to Ireland in May. It’s a longer version of my prior two blog … Continue reading
Our Irish Family History Tour
As I mentioned in my last blog entry, my sister and brother and I recently took our Irish family history tour. We visited the following townlands: Gubnaveagh, Leitrim – the birthplace of my grandfather, James Francis Sweeney (left at age … Continue reading
Thank you Gerry Clarke and Social Media
Our recent family history tour of Ireland was a great success. We visited the townlands and old cottages for the Sweeney, Horan, and Brennan ancestors. We knew where we were going with the Sweeney part of the trip. The Brennan … Continue reading
It’s Sweeney after all
The 1911 Irish Census is now available at the National Archives of Ireland. Thankfully my grandfather’s family is listed as Sweeney. I realize people say don’t worry about multiple spellings, but I’ve tried to convince myself that I’ve been working … Continue reading
Obtaining dual citizenship – U.S. and Ireland
The United States allows dual citizenship with numerous countries, including Ireland. A few years ago I found out Ireland offers citizenship by descent. It is called “Citizenship through Foreign Births Registration (FBR)”. The background work took me a couple of … Continue reading