Author: Michael Kehoe

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discovered he has Irish ancestry – which might help to explain why he was pretty good at hurling when he gave it a try. In 2017, genealogist Fiona Fitzsimons led a team of experts at The Irish Family History Centre (EPIC) in tracing Trudeau’s family back 10 generations to 17th… Continue reading Canadian Prime Minister discovers Irish heritage

A New York nun has spoken about how she managed to track down her birth mother – 60 years after being sold to an American couple by a Mother and Baby home in Ireland. Sister Brigid O’Mahony is a nun with the Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus and has spent all of her life… Continue reading New York nun tracks down her birth mother 60 years after being sold as a baby

An Irishman and woman who emigrated to New York have discovered their long lost relatives – thanks to a seemingly insignificant Facebook notification. Danny Price has lived in New York for 11 years, his sister Mary Willis has also been in New York for eight years.

Kelly Patri had always dreamed of moving to Ireland and then a trip to Donegal convinced her that it was time to take the plunge and make that dream a reality. Kelly featured on the TV show House Hunters International in 2019, and described how exciting it was to arrive on Irish soil.

An Irish grandmother won the hearts of the nation when she appeared on Ireland’s Got Talent back in 2018. Evelyn Williams wowed the judges, and had audience members wiping away the tears, with her performance of the classic Judy Collins song Send in the Clowns.

In many a ‘battle-of-the-sexes’ debate around the world, women always have a trump card to play – their high pain threshold. The proof is in the pudding, after all it is women who go through the pain of childbirth. While men can also experience pain in particularly sensitive areas that women will never truly understand,… Continue reading Hypnotised Irishman ‘gives birth to baby girl’

Anyone who has spent any time on social media might have become dismayed at the generational hostility often on show with baby boomers and millennials seeming to blame each other for all the world’s problems. So, it is nice to see that back in the real world, kindness can flourish between the generations.

Records of Irish people who emigrated to Canada during the Great Famine have been translated into English and digitalised. Millions of people were forced to leave Ireland during the famine and many made their way to Montreal, Canada.

Unseen footage featuring some of the key figures in Irish history has been made available online for the first time. The footage is from the era of the Easter Rising, The War of Independence and the Civil War and features figures such as Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera.

Rock legend Roger Waters delighted the audience at his 2018 Dublin show when he gave in unexpected rendition of the Irish classic Danny Boy. The former Pink Floyd star was at Dublin’s 3Arena as part of his mammoth Us + Them world tour.