Nearly four million Irish records are now available on the free website FamilySearch (familysearch.org).
The new record sets are ‘Ireland, Dublin Workhouse Admission and Discharge Registers, 1840-1919’
Coal Miners
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM's) bitterly divisive 1984–1985 strike. It's a timely reminder of how hard our forebears fought to scratch a living both under and above ground at collieries that dotted t
