To mark Family History Year, our genealogy experts will be answering your questions about tracing your ancestors. Email your family history questions to history@rte.ie anytime this week. Or text 51551 during next week’s programme.
This is Family History Year and as part of the St. Patrick’s Festival next week, an Irish Family History Centre is being created at the Discover Ireland Centre in Dublin. Over five days, people will be able to avail of free advice from a range of experts on tracing their ancestry. To get the ball rolling, genealogists Nicola Morris of timeline.ie and Fiona Fitzsimons of Eneclann answered family history questions from listeners. Rhona Tarrant also spoke to some members of the extended Roche Family who came from far and wide for their Gathering in Listowel this weekend. Irish Family History ...