NEW RECORDS FOR COUNTY WEXFORD

New records for County Wexford We are delighted to announce the addition of around 30,000 records for New Ross Roman Catholic parish, County Wexford, including almost 25,000 baptisms and almost 5,000 marriages: New Ross baptisms 1790 - 1902 New Ross marriages 1765 - 1906 For a full list of sources for Co. Wexford  please click here  To search these records, go to wexford.rootsireland.ie and select 'New Ross (Roman Catholic)' from the Parish/District drop down list. Login and Subscribe if required. Yours Sincerely rootsireland.ie Brought to you by the Irish Family History Foundation

HEADLINES OF IRISH NEWS IN 1969..

Chronology of 1969 events

Courtesy of The Irish Times

January 1st: People's Democracy march from Belfast to Derry.

January 4th: Attack at Burntollet.

January 15th: Cameron Commission appointed to inquire into disturbances of 1968.

January 15th: Capt O'Neill tells Cabinet: "In resisting this molehill of reform [universal suffrage in local government], we are allowing a mountain to fall upon us."

February 24th: NI general election. "Most confused election in Northern Ireland's history," says historian Jonathon Bardon. O'Neill wins but his party is not united.

March 30th and April 25th: UVF bombings - were thought to be IRA and worsened a difficult situation for O'Neill.

April 17th: Bernadette Devlin wins Mid-Ulster by-election, takes Westminster seat.

April 22nd: O'Neill agrees, under pressure from London, universal suffrage in local elections.

April 28th: O'Neill resigns as NI prime minister: "I have tried to break the chains of ancient hatreds." Succeeded by his cousin, Maj James Chichester Clark.

May 6th: Paisley released from prison. Late May: violence in Hooker Street, a sensitive frontline between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.

June 18th: Jack Lynch wins general election.

July 12th: protracted rioting in Belfast, trouble in Derry.

July 13th: police baton-charge Catholics storming an Orange hall.

July 21st: Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

August 12-14th: Battle of the Bogside follows Apprentice Boys parade in Derry. Lynch notes that Stormont has lost control of the situation and says: "It is clear, also, that the Irish Government can longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse." August 14th: first death of Troubles.

August 19th: Downing Street declaration commits Stormont to implementation of British standards of justice.

August 14-15th: British troops deployed on streets of Belfast and Derry.

August 27-28th: James Callaghan, British Home Secretary, visits Belfast and Derry.

September 12th: Cameron report on discrimination published. Points to unionist gerrymandering.

October 10th: Hunt report published. Recommends disarming RUC, abolishing B-Specials and formation of new part-time force, later to become the UDR.

October 11th: 3,000 loyalists, enraged by Hunt, advance on Catholic Unity flats in Belfast and fire on RUC, mortally wounding Const Victor Arbuckle. British army confronts loyalists with tear gas for first time in Belfast.

October 23rd: Samuel Beckett wins Nobel Prize for Literature. 

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/ireland-greatest-brightest-nations-nobel-laureates

December 22nd: Devlin sentenced to six months for her part in Bogside riots.

December 29th: Irish Press reports split in IRA. The Provisionals are about to appear.

How the Moon Landing was covered by Irish Newspapers

An Post apologises for spelling error on Moon stamps.

Famous People born in Ireland in 1969

including

Ken Doherty

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Where were you in 1969?

ADDITIONS TO IGP ARCHIVES IN JULY

We have been busy adding files to the IGP Archives this month. We
have a few new volunteers helping.
Enjoy looking around.
Christina

Ireland Genealogy Projects
http://www.igp-web.com/


CAVAN, Genealogy Archives - Census Substitutes
Hearth Money Rolls of 1664 - Castlerahan and Mointerconaght Parish
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cavan/censubs.htm

CAVAN, Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Mullahoran, Our Lady of Lourdes (R.C.) Parts 1 & 2
St. Ultan's Cemetery, Killinkere
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cavan/photos/tombstones/markers.htm

DUBLIN, Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Mount Jerome, Dublin - Part 226-229
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/dublin/photos/tombstones/mt-jerome-ndx5.htm

LONGFORD, Genealogy Archives - Cemetery
Memorials from several graveyards
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/longford/cem.htm

LONGFORD, Genealogy Archives - Land
Registry of Deeds - Index of Grantees, 1708-1738
Registry of Deeds - Index of Grantors, 1708-1738
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/longford/land.htm

MAYO, Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Moyna Cemetery (Finished) Pt 3
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/mayo/photos/tombstones/moyna.htm

ROSCOMMON, Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Shankill Cemetery, near Elphin (UPDATE)
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/roscommon/photos/tombstones/markers.htm

TIPPERARY, Genealogy Archives - Church
Thurles Parish Marriages, Dio. of Cashel & Emly (R.C.) 1841-1843
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/tipperary/church.htm