Tuesday 12 November 2013

Fermanagh History Fair: 16 November

A Family History Fair is to be held this coming Saturday in Fermanagh Among the exhibitors will be Inniskillings Museum, Fermanagh Family History Society, Somme Heritage Centre, Centre for Migration Studies, Fermanagh County Museum, Fermanagh Authors' Association, North of Ireland Family History Society, Libraries NI and Lisnaskea Historical Society.

The programme of speakers is as follows:

11:45am: Resources in the Centre for Migration Studies, with Dr Paddy Fitzgerald of CMS
12:30pm: Enniskillen at the beginning of the 20th century, with Catherine Scott of Fermanagh
               County Museum
1:15pm :  'From Tattenbar to Thiepval': a soldier's story, with Mervyn Hazlett Hall, Fermanagh FHS
2:00pm :  Researching Innikilling Soldiers from the First World War, with Inniskillings Museum
3:00pm :  The First World War and its impact in West Ulster, with Richard Doherty, Military
               Historian

The event is free to attend and booking is not required. Hours are 11am to 4pm.

Venue: Lisgoole Suite, Killyhevlin Hotel, Dublin Road, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh BT74 6RW.