Monday 2 July: Voices and Votes: Suffrage and Representation of the People, 1832 – 1928, exhibition launch event with Dr Margaret Ward, Niall Kerr, and Dr Glynn Kelso. Host and venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 10am to 1pm. Free but you need to book.Friday 6 July: How to start your family tree, with Olive Coleman. Hosts: Cork Genealogical Society and Kilmurry Independence Museum. Venue: Independence Museum Lissardagh, Kilmurry, Co. Cork. 8pm. Admission: €5 (free to members). All welcome.
Monday 9 July: NLI Reading Room and Manuscript Room closed. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. On-going Monday closures are to facilitate extensive redevelopment of the premises. All other services/exhibitons/cafe, including Genealogy Advisory Service, will open today at 11am to facilitate an early staff development meeting. Details.
Tuesday 10 July: Unlocking Roman Catholic records outside Ireland with Brian Donovan. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire. 8pm. Donation €3. 8pm.
Thursday 12 July and Friday 13 July: Battle of the Boyne Bank Holidays in Northern Ireland.
Saturday 14 July: Irish family history research help, a drop-in session with the Mayo Genealogy Group. Venue: Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo. Free. 11:30am.
Saturday 14 July: Slaves or Indentured Servants - Ethnic Cleansing After Cromwell, with Séamus Culbert. Host and venue: Ormond Castle, Castle Park, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. 11:30am. All welcome, but booking essential. Tel 051-640787.