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President of Ireland @president.ie · 29/09/2026

Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly, accompanied by her husband Brian McEnery, travelled to Scotland for a four-day Official Visit, beginning on 16 September 2026. youtu.be/PlUiws7hmoQ?...

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Cuairt Oifigiúil ar Albain ón Uachtarán Catherine Connolly agus ón Uasal Brian McEnery.

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President of Ireland @president.ie · 18/09/2026

This morning, President Connolly visited the largest public library in Glasgow, the Mitchell Library, where she viewed an exhibition ‘Working Over By’ highlighting the lives of Donegal emigrants in Scotland and viewed the Glasgow Poor Relief Archives.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

At @communitiesni.bsky.social PRONI for their EHOD NI Heritage fair. Loads of discussion on heritage at risk and intangible heritage

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Letters Across the Atlantic: Tyrone’s Emigrant Stories As part of European Heritage Open Days, step into the personal stories of Tyrone emigrants through remarkable letters sent home to Omagh and the surrounding area. Tonight at 7pm Strule Arts Centre, Omagh- struleartscentre.co.uk/show/letters...

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did you miss our 25th Ulster American Heritage Symposium? Fear not as our good colleagues at National Museum Northern Ireland filmed the entire proceedings. Over 20 lectures took place at the Symposium on a range of subjects on migration. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Heritage Week comes to a close and we attended two events one looking at the The Diaspora of Errigal Shanco and Errigal Truagh at St Maudains Church, Co. Monaghan and also the Rockwell Kent exhibition at Donegal County Museum which is on display until early September.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Really interesting look at James O'Neill who emigrated from Belfast to Chicago and transcribed traditional Irish tunes while there preserving them for the future. Great foresight and lovely to have his memory recorded especially during the Fleadh. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

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Trad music icon who ‘saved’ Ireland’s best known tunes celebrated with blue plaque in Belfast’s Fleadh week

James O’Neill was transcriber behind definitive Irish trad music books publishes in early 20th century

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🎉Just two weeks ago we had our Ulster American Heritage Symposium launch at the @ulsteramericanfolkpark.org. We were delighted with the beautiful weather and the opportunity to provide some of the delegates a walk around the Folk Park. It proved to be a great way to relax and introduce everyone

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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

More records, more collections + new research tools in our 2026 New Releases. www.tcd.ie/news_events/... Hear about some of the great stories being made available: 📻️ 👇️ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Jump in and go Hunting ! 😊 New to the VRTI? Check out our help Page: virtualtreasury.ie/help

Composite image showing portions of four documents now available on the Virtual Treasury, and the Public Record Office of Ireland before and after the battle of 30 June 1922.

Title page form the Council book for the province of Munster, Ireland (c. 1650)
showing a decorative capital letter 'T'.

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Screen grab of the The new Knowledge Graph for Irish History - now with 15,000 names (and growing!) and 3.5 million linked historical facts.

https://kg.virtualtreasury.ie/

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Check out our Ulster American Heritage Symposium highlight reel. We had an amazing time and were blown away by our speakers. Really enjoyed making and sharing new connections. We will have the talks available online in due course.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Up and running at the Ulster American Heritage Symposium. Intro by Liam Campbell and John Gilmour

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Down to the last few tickets for the 25th Ulster American Heritage Symposium beginning tomorrow. Sure to be a memorable event with an excellent line up of speakers. www.eventbrite.com/e/ulster-ame... www.eventbrite.com/e/ulster-ame...

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Last few tickets remaining for the XXV Ulster American Heritage Symposium Thursday 25th and Friday 26th June 2026 Really interesting topics being discussed. Day 1 tickets - www.eventbrite.com/e/ulster-ame... Day 2 tickets - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ulster-ame...

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Love Ballymena @loveballymena.online · 08/06/2026

He worked alongside Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and European royalty — yet most people in Northern Ireland have never heard his name. Now, groundbreaking research is reconnecting Mid and East Antrim with one of the most powerful and controversial Irish-American financiers of the 19th century.

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Forgotten Co Antrim tycoon who shaped America’s railroads rediscovered after 130 years

Groundbreaking research is uncovering the forgotten story of Larne-born financier James McHenry and his role in shaping 19th century America.

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Ulster American Folk Park @ulsteramericanfolkpark.org · 05/06/2026

One Irish family’s journey to America 🇮🇪➡️🇺🇸 At the #UlsterAmericanFolkPark, we explore the migration story of Thomas Mellon and his family before 1813. Dr Patrick Fitzgerald from the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies introduces their story → bit.ly/3PMtMvg @mellonmigration.bsky.social

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🗓️📌XXV Ulster American Heritage Symposium Thursday 25th and Friday 26th June 2026 We are delighted to announce that there are a number of tickets available for our biennial Ulster American Heritage Symposium.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We have been busy delivering oral history training and sources for oral history to groups across NI as part of the CITBNI Future for thatch project. Hopefully inspiring groups to take the initiative and plan a future project. Historical and community groups already doing some amazing projects

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Fascinating talk at the Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive in Armagh on Wednesday 20th May at 7.30pm on the subject of the Migration of Ulster-born soccer players by Dr Conor Curran. Looks to be a really interesting lecture.

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Congratulations to Constantin Torve, who is this year's AJIS Postgraduate Essay Prize winner his submission 'Tipperary Boys, Red Ribbons, & the Eureka Stockade: The global Irish diaspora & agrarian protest repertoires in Australia, 1840-60.' His essay will appear in the next issue. isaanz.org/ajis/

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Australasian Journal of Irish Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published annually

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Delighted to be taking part in this providing some historic insight into mapping, vernacular and local heritage with this project. St Macartans Forth Chapel is in the stunning Clogher Valley and home to four Clarke studio stained glass windows!

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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

‘The story we have so largely forgotten - the often difficult economic fortunes of the Irish in Britain over 200 years - told in a fascinating new exhibition now opened in Dublin - The Irish were an underclass, 50% poorer than the English’ www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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‘The Irish were an underclass, 50% poorer than the English’: New exhibition comes to Epic museum

‘The Irish were the raw material for the Industrial Revolution in England,’ says exhibition curator Christopher Kissane

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

youtu.be/0QkDQPX4qHg?... Check out Iain Ross and his showstopper take on the Mellon Homestead in the latest Discover NI podcast, Postcards from Northern Ireland. Looks delicious!

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Episode 4: Iain Ross - Postcards from Northern Ireland

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Ulster Folk Museum @ulsterfolkmuseum.org · 18/03/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Jessie Buckley for winning Best Actress at the #Oscars! No Hamnet spoilers, but we were excited to spot a straw knot during an emotional scene. We asked our talented Visitor Guide Margaret to see if she could help us recreate this Oscar-worthy knot. #HarvestKnot #HamnetKnot

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Much to explore during LibrariesNI Heritage week. Full details of free events here: www.librariesni.org.uk/events/herit... Below just one fabulous event, a talk on the history of the churches at John Street and Church Street in Omagh.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Amazing recognition and a fascinting project. The Working Over By Project wins the inaugural Ceangal Local Heritage Award at the Local Authority Members’ Association (LAMA) All-Ireland Community and Council Awards. Check it out at the Donegal County Museum donegalnews.com/working-over...

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‘Working Over By’ Exhibition wins LAMA Award - Donegal News

A MAJOR exhibition celebrating the work of Donegal men and women in Scotland between 1940 and 1990 has won the inaugural Ceangal Local Heritage Award at the Local Authority Members’ Association (LAMA)...

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🎙️We featured on BBC Radio Ulster Your Place and Mine on Saturday promoting the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies 24th Annual Lecture this time on Textile Links and Migration. We still have tickets available for this free event. Listen here - 36.30seconds in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Your Place and Mine - John 'Otty' Otterson, Enniskillen and Portaferry - BBC Sounds

Eve Blair meets the BBC’s record-breaking cameraman at his home in Maghera.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🌉Cappagh Bridge/Stonebridge over the river Strule, north of Omagh. Judge Thomas Mellon writes on numerous occasions about Cappaigh Bridge. He remembers it as a child where he talks about his homeplace "It is a nice little place on the bank of the Strule about half a mile before Cappaigh Bridge."

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Looking forward to this tomorrow, fantastic range of speakers.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thomas Mellon, judge, investor and banker was born on this day in 1813. "I was born in 1813, on the 3rd of February, at the Camp Hill Cottage on my father's farm, Lower Castletown, parish of Cappagh, county Tyrone, Ireland." @ulsteramericanfolkpark.org

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Céad míle fáilte to the Derry Girls. This image appears in the Melbourne Advocate in July 1911 and relates to some 34 shirt workers who went to Melbourne to help set up the Welch Margetson Factory there. The workforce in Derry was unmatched and world leading in skill and quality.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Authentic voices of emigration in 1968. One interviewee notes the lack of prospects while another notes the lack of activity on the island. Between 145-1848 some 500 islanders left Rathlin. Correspondence from this time can be found on the Irish Emigrant Database - www.rte.ie/archives/201...

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Rathlin Island Emigration

Rathlin Island off the Antrim coast is struggling to provide work and social outlets for the younger generation of islanders.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The talk will highlight different examples of migration in Ulster related to the textile industry looking at links to America with the "Gilford mill colony" in Greenwich, immigration of Huguenots and Quakers and emigration of 34 Derry shirt workers to Melbourne in 1911.

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mellonmigration.bsky.social @mellonmigration.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We have taken to Bluesky! linktr.ee/MellonCentre... mellonmigrationcentre.co.uk

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