The Letter from Ireland Show - with Mike & Carina Collins
The Letter from Ireland Podcast. Join us as we travel in the footsteps of your Irish Ancestors around Ireland - visiting their homelands and telling their stories and with lots of great Irish music along the way.
Recent Episodes
Sept. 21, 2023
Finding your Irish Ancestral Homeland (#838)
In this special Irish family history episode we take two letters from our Green Room members. We chat about the approach they should take to uncover more about their respective Irish ancestral homelands. The first letter com…
Sept. 14, 2023
A Genealogical Trip Back to County Cork (#837)
In this special episode we choose one of our Green Room members (see more about the Green Room here) and accompany them on a genealogical trip back to County Cork. Cathy Abraham lives in Boston, USA and her great-grandparent…
Sept. 7, 2023
Did Your Irish Ancestor Live Through This Terrible Time? (#836)
In this episode we look at a very difficult time in Ireland - one that triggered a time of death across the population of the island as well as emigration for many generations afterwards. I'm talking, of course, about "An Go…
Aug. 31, 2023
Two Royal Families of Ireland - O'Neill and O'Connor (#835)
In this episode we look at two of the major family surnames of Ireland - O'Neill and O'Connor. The first story asks if you have Niall of the Nine Hostages DNA?. This Niall was the patriarch of the O'Neills of Meath and Ulste…
Aug. 24, 2023
The 8 Most Unique Male Irish Singing Voices (#834)
In this musical episode we look at a very personal choice of the eight most unique Irish MALE singing voices. I wonder will you agree? Maybe it will introduce you to a new talent that you have not heard before - or maybe you…
Aug. 17, 2023
From County Cork to the Bright Lights of Broadway and Chicago (#833)
In this episode we tell the story of not one, but two, Irish families that came out of the area surrounding the town of Bantry in West Cork, Ireland. The first story shares the story of Francis O'Neill who emigrated to the U…
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