Stories, discoveries and journeys
Irish Ancestral Adventures
Welcome to our collection of stories from Ireland and Scotland, where family history, local knowledge and the places we visit come together. Here we share discoveries from our research, traditions passed down through generations and experiences from the road, with photographs that bring those stories a little closer.
Choose an article below to read the full story and explore its photographs. There will be space to share your own memories and questions at the end.
Peninsula Piracy: An Update to an Old Story from Urris
An old story from Urris, remembered in an Irish song and recorded by Brian Devlin of Altahalla, with Donegal piracy accounts, family records and familiar surnames in colonial records.