Monday 11 March 2019

Irish genealogy and history events, 11-24 March

Monday 11 March: NLI Reading Room and Manuscript Room closed all day to facilitate the Library's continuing redevelopment of the premises. Venue: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. All other services/exhibitons/cafe, including Genealogy Advisory Service, will be closed until 11am to facilitate a staff meeting.

Monday 11 March: Presbyterian Historical Society records, with Valerie Adams. Host: NIFHS, Newtownabbey. Venue: Glengormley High School, 134 Ballyclare Rd, Newtownabbey, BT36 5HP. Free. 7pm. All welcome.

Monday 11 March: Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Host: Irish American Heritage Center. Venue: 4626 N. Knox Ave, Chicago, Ilinois, USA. Free, but need to register. 9am to 5pm.

Tuesday 12 March: Revolutionary diplomats: the archives and material culture of the Dáil Eireann foreign service, 1919-23, with Dr John Gibney. Host and venue: National Archives of Ireland, Bishop St, Dublin 8. No booking. Free. 6pm. All welcome.

Tuesday 12 March: Irish genealogy, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Host: Wisconsin Historical Society. Venue: Memorial Library Room 126, 728 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Cost: $36 WHS/WSGS members / $40 non-members; Lunch included. 9:00am-5:00pm. Programme, menu, tickets.

Tuesday 12 March: Irish family history, with Lisa Dougherty. Host and venue: Irish American Heritage Museum, 370 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207, USA. Free. 6:30pm–7:30pm. No need to register.

Tueday 12 March: Killarney: the Royal visit of 1861 that put Killarney on the tourist map, with Frank Tracy. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dun Laoghaire Further Education Institute, Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire. 8pm. All welcome. €3.

Tuesday 12 March: A house through time, with Louise Lewis. Host: NIFHS, Lisburn branch. Bridge Community Centre, 50 Railway Street, Lisburn, BT 28 1XP. Free. 7:30pm. All welcome.

Wednesday 13 March: Is everything we loved gone forever?: The burning of Irish country houses during the War of Independence, 1920-21, with Professor Terence A Dooley. Part of the Social History and the Irish Revolution public lecture series. Hosts: Glasnevin Museum and Trinity College Dublin's School of History & Humanities. Venue: Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. 7pm to 8:30pm. Tickets should be booked in advance. €6.

Wednesday 13 March: Nineteenth-Century Coastguards in Ireland, with Denis Mayne. Part of PRONI's Wreck and Rescue lecture series. Host and venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 1pm. Free. All welcome. Need to book. Details.

Wednesday 13 March: Researching your Irish ancestors, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Host and venue: Brown County Library, 515 Pine Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. 9am–3:30pm. Free. Details.

Thursday 14 March: The homecoming of ex-servicemen to Ireland, with Dr Emmanuel Destenay. Host: Western Front Association, Antrim and Down Branch. Venue: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast, BT3 9HQ. 6:30pm to 8:45pm. All welcome.

Thursday 14 March: Irish family history resources on the Internet, with Peter Christian FSG. Host and venue: Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Rd, London EC1, UK. 2–3pm. Fully booked.

Thursday 14 March: Irish family history resources online, with Chris Paton. Host: Lanarkshire Family History Society. Venue: GLO Centre, 78 Muir Street, Motherwell, Scotland. 7pm. All welcome.

Thursday and Friday 14–15 March: 'An Irish Gatherin': Researching Irish and Scots-Irish Roots, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Host: Heritage Consulting LLC. Venue: The Salt Lake Plaza, 122 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. $20 per day. Format and bookings.

Saturday 16 March: Irish Research seminar, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Host: Wales Ireland Scotland England Family History Society. Venue: Denver Public Library, 10 W. Fourteenth Ave, Denver, Colorado, USA. 9am–4:30pm. Details.

Saturday 16 March: Book launch – Shannonbridge – A History of Raghra c1600 to c1900, by Brendan Ryan and Laura Price. Venue: Shannonbridge Community Hall, Shannonbridge, Co. Offaly. 8pm. Book costs €25 but will be €20 on launch night. All welcome. No need to register.

Sunday 17 March: St Patrick's Day. Everywhere.

Monday 18 March: Bank Holiday in both Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

Monday 18 March: NIFHS Research Centre C4 and its resources, with Kathleen Morrison. Host: NIFHS, Larne branch. Venue: Larne Bowling & Lawn Tennis Club, 112-120 Glenarm Road, Larne, BT40 1DZ. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.

Monday 18 March: Irish Genealogy Workshop, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Hosts: Heinz History Center and the Westmoreland County Historical Society. Venue: Senator John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA 15222 USA. 9am-4:30pm. Fee. Details.

Tuesday 19 March: Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research Workshop, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Host and Venue: The Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. 3rd St., Louisville, KY 40208,USA. 9am–1pm. Free to members. $20 to non-members. Details.

Tuesday 19 March: Childhood and youth in Ireland from 1740, with Dr Sarah Anne Buckley. Host: Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series. Venue: Tipperary Studies, The Source, Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co Tipperary. 7:30pm. Free. Tea served. All welcome.

Wednesday 20 March: Wreck and rescue in Dundrum Bay in the 19th century, with Barbara Lomas. Part of PRONI's Wreck and Rescue lecture series. Host and venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 1pm. Free. All welcome. Need to book. Details.

Wednesday 20 March: 'This is supposed to be a civilised country and part of Great Britain!' Southern Irish loyalists and revolution, with Brian Hughes Part of the Social History and the Irish Revolution public lecture series. Hosts: Glasnevin Museum and Trinity College Dublin's School of History & Humanities. Venue: Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. 7pm to 8:30pm. Tickets should be booked in advance. €6.

Wednesday 20 March: Irish & Scots-Irish Research Seminar. Host: Family Hunger, PLLC and Jan Clizer—Painting Scotland. Venue: Lake City Center, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 1pm–8:30pm. Fee. Details.

Wednesday 20 March: Exploring a townland history in an urban setting, with Roddy Hegarty. Host: Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, North Armagh Branch. Venue: Venue: Bleary Community Centre, 1 Deans Road, Bleary, Craigavon, Co Armagh, BT66 7AS. Free. 7:30pm. All welcome.

Thursday 21 March: The European Dimension: Dublin in the 11th century, with Dr Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel. Host: Royal Society of Antiquities of Ireland, Venue: Helen Roe Theatre, Society House, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome.

Thursday 21 March: Soft power: the women of Tyrone's Rebellion, with Dr James O'Neill. Host: Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies. Venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. 7pm–8:30pm. Free. All welcome. Details.

Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 March: Dominus Hibernie/Rex Hiberniae: Pre-modern Ireland, 1200-1801, an international symposium. Host and venue: The National Archives in Kew, London. Need to register. Details.

Friday 22 March: Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors, with the Ulster Historical Foundation. Host: Valparaiso County Library, 103 Jefferson Street, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA. 9am–4pm. Free. Details.

Saturday 23 March: Irish Genealogy Seminar, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Hosts: Florida Genealogical Society, Pinellas Genealogical Society, Genealogical Society of Sarasota, Manatee Genealogical Society, The Villages Genealogical Society, Lakewood Ranch Genealogy Club. Venue: Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library, 1505 Nebraska Ave., Tampa, Florida USA. 8:30am–4pm. Fee. Details. Sold Out.

Sunday 24 March: Irish Genealogy Seminar/Workshop, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Host and venue: Gaelic American Club, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. 9am–4:30pm. Fee. Details.

Sunday 24 March: Sacred stones and the cult of sun worship, an open-air talk with William O’Brien. Host: West Cork Stone Symposium 2019. Venue: Ballycommane House & Garden, Ballycommane, Durrus, Co Cork. Talk followed by tea & coffee and a chance to explore the B&B’s beautiful gardens. 3pm. €10; €8 concessions. Details.