Irish Roots Magazine - Issue No 100

ISSUE NO 100 2016 FOURTH QUARTER Irish Roots

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Ways To Trace Your Irish Ancestors

Celebrating Irish Ancestry Printed In Ireland

In This Issue - Tracing Your CO. WATERFORD Ancestors.

Irish Genealogy Past, Present & Future - A Reflection And A Forecast.

Under Brehon Laws - Gaelic Clans And Their Battle Cries.

Get Involved With New DNA Project To Map Ireland’s Genetic History.

News From The World Of Irish Genealogy And Lots Lots More!

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CONTENTS 4 News 5 And Another Thing 6 Changing Times At The Public Library 8 Irish Genealogy - Past, Present And Future 10 Tracing Your Co. Waterford Ancestors 13 Books Ireland 14 Society Notes 16 100 Ways To Trace Your Irish Ancestors 20 What’s New? - Review 22 Researching The Irish In New Zealand 24 Under Brehon Laws - Gaelic Clans

Welcome to our 100th issue of Irish Roots magazine. We are truly delighted to have reached this significant milestone, however we certainly cannot take all the credit for getting Irish Roots thus far! Irish Roots was founded by Tony and Angela McCarthy in 1992 and has been published quarterly ever since. We extend our good wishes and thanks to the former founders for bringing this much loved publication into being.

Tony stated in his first editorial that ‘Our main concern is to popularise genealogy by providing information on the subject in an interesting and entertaining way. Irish Roots proposes to be more than a magazine for the family history enthusiast. It is aimed at all those, at home and abroad, who wish to know about and to identify themselves with the positive aspects of their Irish heritage’. I hope that my daughter Julie and I have managed to successfully continue the focus of such a worthwhile and valuable endeavour.

We are very fortunate and extremely grateful to have so many fine contributors work with us currently and over the years to bring Irish Roots magazine to this point. We must particularly thank Jennifer Harrison who has written for 99 of the 100 issues – a truly remarkable feat indeed! We are delighted to have Jennifer continue to bring us more delightful pieces of the Irish Australasian ancestral jigsaw each quarter. It is obviously not possible to list all our contributors who have brought us so many thought provoking, witty, informative and educational articles over the years but know that we are eternally thankful to you all. We would also like to acknowledge our advertisers, printers, distributors and all who have played a role in helping us along the way.

Most importantly of all we would like to say a heartfelt thank you to you, our readers, who have continued to support us, (many all the way from issue one) to our new print and digital subscribers who continue to help our publication go from strength to strength. In the spirit of gratitude we would like to look beyond ourselves and pay tribute to everyone involved in Irish genealogical research in Ireland and across the globe, as volunteers, state sponsored bodies, non-profit organisations or commercial ventures.

Whatever umbrella we stand under, we all share the common goal, to help those who yearn to discover their Irish Roots to reach that pot of family history gold at the end of the genealogical rainbow. At this time of good will and glad tidings, we raise a celebratory glass to salute you all!

Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh.

Maureen

Editor/Publisher Maureen Phibbs Irish Roots Media Ltd, Blackrock, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, Ireland W91 WK35.

Tel:-+ (0)87 9427815 Intl +353 87 9427815 Email:- editor@irishrootsmagazine.com Website:- www.irishrootsmagazine.com

28 A Question Of Genealogy 29 Letters To The Editor 100 Ways To Trace Your Irish Ancestors by Nicola Morris. See pages 16-19.

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A few words from the editor

26 Australian Irish Connections An Important Inclusion Within The Decade Of Centenaries

30 Readers Experience - Sheila Andrews

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