KINDRED LINES: Jewish records

By Fiona Fitzsimons In the 1500s some ‘Murrano’ Jewish families, expelled from Spain by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, chose to settle in port towns along the Irish coast. The Murranos that settled in Ireland were merchant mariners, with capital and international contacts. In the early modern period they seem to have accepted diplomatic ... Read more

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