Monday, 1 March 2021

Irish genealogy, history & culture events, March 2021

Monday 1 March: Denis Burkitt: His Life’s Work in your Bowels, with Dr Hubert Curran. Host: Killyleagh Branch, North of Ireland Family History Society. Free, but need to register. 8pm. All welcome. See Facebook. Email Killyleagh@nifhs.org for zoom link.

Tuesday 2 March: Key Sources for Genealogy - Title Deeds and the PRONI Land Registry Archive. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 2pm-3pm. Free but need to register.

Tuesday 2 March: Boundaries, Borders and Map-making, with Dr Liam Campbell. Host: Heritage from Home series, Libraries NI. 1-2pm. Free. Online. For details, email heritage.talks@librariesni.org.uk.

Tuesday 2 March: Traditional Irish Cottages and Folk Customs, with Marion McGarry. Host: Ulster Architectural Heritage. 7pm. Free. Need to book.

Wednesday 3 March: 5 Top Tips for Analysing your DNA, with Anne Johnston. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. This class will run from 7pm to 8pm. You need to book before 7pm on Tuesday 2 March. Cost: £10. Open to members and non-members. Details.

Friday 5 March: The Ballykinlar History Hut Project at Down County Museum, with Mike King. Host: Heritage from Home series, Libraries NI. 1-2pm. Free. Email to book your place and to receive zoom details: heritage.talks@librariesni.org.uk. All welcome.

Friday 5 March: Medieval Ecclesiastical Heritage in East Galway, with Dr Christy Cunniffe. Host: Irish Workhouse Centre's First Friday Talks series. 8pm. Tickets €5. Register here.

Friday 5 March: Family Tree Maker Basics and Benefits, with Imelda McVeigh. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. This class will be held from 2pm to 3pm. You need to book before 7pm on Thursday 4 March. Cost: £10. Open to members and non-members. Details.

Saturday, 6 March: The Advantages of MT-DNA, with Martin McDowell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. This class will be held from 11am to Noon. You need to book before 7pm on Friday 5 March. Cost: £10. Open to members and non-members. Details.

Monday, 8 March: DNA Family Matching Tool, with Martin McDowell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. This class will be held from 11am to 1pm. You need to book before 7pm on Friday 5 March. Cost: £10. Open to members and non-members. Details.

Monday, 8 March: Rebel Irishwomen, an online talk by James Curry to mark International Women's Day. Host: Drumcondra Library. Free. 7pm. Email drumcondralibrary@dublincity.ie for details on how to watch.

Monday, 8 March: In Her Words - International Women's Day Event. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 7pm to 8pm. Free. All welcome. Register.

Monday 8 March: Dating your Family Photographs, an online workshop with Jayne Shrimpton. Host: Heritage from Home series, Libraries NI. All welcome, but you need to book your place by email to heritage.talks@librariesni.org.uk. 1-2pm. Free.

Monday 8 March: 'Excuse me dearest Madam I did not send this sooner’ – women's networks and recipe exchange in the NLI collections, with Dorothy Cashman. International Women's Day 2021. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online talk. 7pm. Free, but need to register.

Tuesday 9 March: Key Sources for Genealogy - The World of the Street Directory. Host: PRONI. 2pm-3pm. Free but need to register

Tuesday 9 March: An Archive for Everyone: PRONI Information Session. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 7pm to 8pm. Free, online. Details and registration.

Wednesday 10 March: German combat motivation on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, with Dr Tom Thorpe. Hosts: Antrim and Down Branch of the Western Front Association and PRONI. 8pm to 9pm. Free. All welcome. Need to register

Wednesday 10 March: To leave or to remain? Southern Irish Protestants and the partition of Ireland, with Dr Marie Coleman. Host: Libraries NI. 2:30pm to 3:30pm. All welcome. Free, but you need to book by email to heritage.talks@librariesni.org.uk.

Thursday 11 March: Virtual Exhibition Tour of Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online at 11am. Booking required, but event is free and everyone is welcome. Booking.

Thursday 11 March: Lost Potential? The Rejection of the 1923 Education Act, with Noel Lindsay. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 2pm free register

Friday 12 March: W B Yeats: Folklore and Fairy Tales. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online at 2pm. Booking required, but event is free and everyone is welcome. Booking.

Friday 12 March to Thursday 18 March: St Patrick's Festival. As St. Patrick’s Day cannot be celebrated together this year, Festival organisers have set up a dedicated TV channel, accessible globally, at www.stpatricksfestival.ie where more than 100 events can be streamed in real time. The events include a virtual parade, walking tours, archive tours, musical performances, dance, storytelling, poetry, comedy, and much more. Programme here.

Monday 15 March: 100th anniversary of The Great Brunswick Street Ambush, with Cathy Scuffil and Liz Gillis. Host: Dublin City Library & Archive. Free webinar. 7pm. All welcome. Register.

Tuesday 16 March: Key Sources for Genealogy - The Making of the Census 1901 and 1911, and online talk. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Free. 2-3pm. Need to register.

Tuesday 16 March: 'An Irish Odyssey’, a virtual tour of Irish historic houses in film and music, followed by a live panel discussion. Host: Attingham Trust. Free, but donations welcomed. Online. 6:00-7:30pm. Booking required.

Tuesday 16 March: Civil records: the gateway to the past, with Sandy O’Byrne MAGI. Host: National Archives of Ireland. Online zoom lecture. Free. Details and registration. 7-8pm.

Wednesday 17 March: St Patrick's Day!

Thursday 18 March: From Turmoil to Truce: Photographs of the War of Independence, an online exhibition tour. Host: National Library of Ireland Photographic Archive. Free. 11am. Booking essential.

Friday 19 March: Emigration to Australia and New Zealand, with Mike McKeag. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. This class will be held from 2pm to 3pm. You need to book before 7pm on Thursday 18 March. Cost: £10. Open to members and non-members. Details.

Friday 19 March: W B Yeats: Folklore and Fairy Tales. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online at 2pm. Booking required, but event is free and everyone is welcome. Booking.

Saturday 20 March: OUTing the Past - Festival of LGBT History. Host: PRONI. 2pm to 4pm. Free but need to register

Monday 22 March: English colonialism and the Leix-Offaly Plantation, with Dr Diurmuid Wheeler. Host: Offaly History. Zoom lecture at 7:30pm. Free but need to book your place by email to info@offalyhistory.com.

Monday 22 March: Book Launch: Women and the Decade of Commemorations, and discussion with editor, Oona Frawley, and contributors. Zoom 7pm–8pm. Free, but need to book. Details.

Monday 23 March: Civil records: the gateway to the past, with Sandy Byrne, MAGI. Host: National Archives of Ireland. Free. 7pm. All welcome to this online lecture exploring the civil registration system. Need to book your place. Details.

Wednesday 24 March: Rebel Irishwomen, with James Curry. Host: Ballymun Library. Free, online talk at Noon. Email ballymunlibrary@dublincity.ie if you’d like to book a place.

Wednesday 24 March: Getting Started Workshop - Using Online Resources. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Free. Fully booked.

Wednesday 24 March: The Blackstairs Mountain Region - An Illustrated History, with Dr Kevin Whelan. Host: Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society. Online. 8pm. Details and zoom link.

Thursday 25 March: The evolution and character of 'Irishtowns' and 'Irishstreets' in the urban communities of medieval Ireland, with Dr Sparky Booker. Hosts: The Ulster Society of Irish Historical Studies (USIHS) and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Free. 7pm. All welcome but you need to register.

Saturday 27 March: Using X Matches in your DNA Research, with Anton Rea. 11am–Noon. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. Cost: £10. Open to members and non-members. Details and booking.

Tuesday 30 March:‘That demesne belonged to me before you came over with Cromwell’: agrarianism and the burning of Big Houses in the War of Independence, 1920-21, with Professor Terence Dooley. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online talk. 7pm. Free, but need to register.

Tuesday 30 March: Irish Genealogy Workshop, with Ulster Historical Foundation. Hosts: Westmoreland Historical Society and Heinz History Center. 9:00am-1:30pm (ET). $20 non-members / $15 members of UHF, WHS and History Center. Need to register.

Wednesday 31 March: Lived lives: The Irish Queer Archive, with Elizabeth Kirwan. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online talk. 7pm. Free, but need to register.

Wednesday 31 March: Virtual Exhibition Tour of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again. Host: National Library of Ireland. Online talk. 1pm. Free, but need to register.