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Dublin to Galway Heritage Route: Castles, Monasteries, Battlefields, and Family History Across Ireland

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Plan a Dublin to Galway heritage route through Dublin Castle, Maynooth, Trim, Clonmacnoise, Athlone, Aughrim, and Galway, with genealogy tips for Irish family-history travelers.

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 22, 2026
  • Genealogy, Ireland, Travel

Dublin to Ballina: A Medieval Heritage Route Across Ireland

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Plan a Dublin to Ballina heritage route through Clonard, Kilbeggan, Clonmacnoise, Sligo Abbey, Boyle Abbey, Foxford, and north Mayo.

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 15, 2026
  • Ireland, Travel

Irish Seaside Mobile Homes: Bargain Coastal Stays Near Heritage Sites

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Irish seaside mobile homes are holiday stays in coastal caravan and mobile home parks where readers can base themselves near beaches, fishing villages, lighthouses, castles, ruins, and family-history landscapes. This guide explains how to use them for bargain-friendly extended stays…

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 12, 2026
  • Ireland, Travel

Moving to Ireland Permanently: Work Permits, Documents, and First Steps

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For many Americans with Irish roots, the idea of permanently moving to Ireland starts with a pull that is hard to explain. Maybe your family story begins in Mayo, Donegal, Kerry, Cork, Galway, or Dublin. And you have walked an…

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 10, 2026
  • Castles, Clans, Scotland

Duntrune Castle: History, Clan Links and Argyll Travel Guide

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Explore Duntrune Castle on Loch Crinan, with verified history, Campbell and Malcolm links, genealogy tips, and an Argyll heritage route.

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 8, 2026
  • Genealogy, Scotland, War

WWII Letters from the Pacific: Uncle Fraser Donlan’s V-Mail Story

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WWII letters from the Pacific are family-history records that connect battlefield service, home-front worry, and personal memory across thousands of miles. In this story, three 1944 V-Mail letters written by Uncle Fraser Donlan to his sister Sarah and her husband…

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 6, 2026
  • Castles, Genealogy, Ireland

Why Cromwellian Forces Damaged Castles the Way They Did: A Structural Look at Irish Castle Ruins

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Many Irish castle ruins look as if someone tried to destroy them, then stopped halfway. A wall stands. A tower is open to the sky. A gate passage has lost its strength. A bawn wall survives in fragments. Visitors often…

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 4, 2026
  • Scotland, Travel

Skye Without a Car: How to Explore the Island by Bus, Ferry, and Foot

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Skye inspires road-trip fantasies almost on sight. The island seems made for slow curves, dramatic pull-offs, and long glances through a windshield at water, cliff, and cloud. Yet plenty of visitors arrive at Skye without a car, and many are…

  • Terry Donlan
  • May 2, 2026
  • Castles, Genealogy, Scotland, Travel

Outlander Filming Locations in Scotland: How to Research Your Family History at Each Stop

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Visit Outlander filming locations in Scotland with a family-history focus. This guide connects Falkland, Culross, Doune Castle, Midhope Castle, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow Palace, and Highland landscapes with practical genealogy research questions, Scottish records, and heritage travel planning.

  • Terry Donlan
  • April 30, 2026
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