Monday 10 October 2022

Irish genealogy, history and heritage events, 10 - 23 October

Monday 10 October: GEDmatch Tools and Research, with Rita McCaughey. An online event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Newtownabbey Branch. 7:30pm. All welcome. Details.

Monday 10 October: War Graves of the City & County, with Mark Walmsley. An in-person and online event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle Branch. Venue: Lecture Room, Derry City’s Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, LondonDerry, BT48 6AL. 7pm–8:30pm. All welcome. Details.

Tuesday 11 October: East Belfast Big Houses, Vol 2, an in-person event with Aidan Campbell. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Lisburn Branch. Free. All welcome. Venue: Bridge Community Centre 50 Railway Street, Lisburn, County Down BT28 1XP. 7:30pm–9pm BST.

Tuesday 11 October: The Irish Civil War, an online lecture with Dr Alan McCarthy. Host: London Irish Centre. All welcome. Tickets £5. 7pm – 8.30pm (incl Q&A). Need to book.

Tuesday 11 October: Disbanding the Royal Irish Constabulary and its aftermath, with Dr Brian Hughes. An in-person talk and part of the Dublin Festival of History. Venue: Pearse Street Library, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Free. 6:30pm. All welcome.

Tuesday 11 October: The National Archives of Ireland, an online talk by Zoe Reid. Hosted by the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI). 8pm. All welcome. Request zoom link via Membership@Familyhistory.ie

Wednesday 12 October: The beat cop: Chicago’s Chief O’Neill and the creation of Irish music, an online talk with Professor Michael O'Malley. Part of the Heritage from Home 3 series. Host: Libraries NI. 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Free. All welcome. Need to register.

Wednesday 12 October: Researching the British armed forces in the 19th and 20th centuries; Records at The National Archives, an online lecture with Dr William Butler. Hosts: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the Antrim and Down branch of the Western Front Association. 7pm to 8pm. All welcome. Free but need to register in advance. Details.

Thursday 13 October: The Crying Child: Nineteenth Century Irish pediatrics, an online lecture with Mary Hatfield. Hosts: The Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies (USIHS) and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 7pm to 8:30pm. Free. All welcome. Need to register. Details.

Thursday 13 October: An Optimist's Guide to Ireland at 100, with Mark Henry, an in-person event hosted by the Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Rue des Irlandais, 75005, Paris, France. 7:30pm. Free. All welcome. Booking recommended.

Thursday 13 October: The Dead of the Irish Civil War, an in-person lecture with Dr Andy Bielenberg. First of the Part of the 'Civil War in Ireland: New Perspectives' series, a collaboration between the National Library of Ireland and the Atlas of the Irish Revolution editorial team, University of Cork. Venue: The Reading Room, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Free. 8pm to 9pm. All welcome. Need to register.

Thursday 13 October: Starting Out on Irish Family History, a two-session online course (afternoons) with Audrey McKeown. 2pm. Second session on Thursday 20 October. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. Need to book. Course fee: £20.

Thursday 13 October: Starting Out on Irish Family History, a two-session online course (evening) with Audrey McKeown. 7pm. Second session on Thursday 20 October. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society. Need to book. Course fee: £20.

Thursday 13 October: A Broken Heart: Memory, Myth and Arthur Griffith, with Professor Colum Kenny. An in-person event hosted by Longford County Library as part of the council's Decade of Centenaries Programme. 7.30pm at Longford Library. All welcome. Free. Details.

Thursday 13 October: Shamrocks in Cyberspace: Irish Genealogy Databases, with Michael Brophy, an in-person event hosted in the Meeting Room at Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope Street, Mansfield, MA 02048. 6:30pm –7:30pm. Free. Attendees should know their ancestor's place of origin in Ireland. Need to register.

Saturday 15 October: Researching your Church of Ireland Records, with Sandra Doble MAGI. Host: Irish Family History Society. 2:30pm–4:30pm. An online event. All welcome. Email info@ifhs.ie to register.

Sunday 16 October: Leitrim Decade of Centenaries Symposium 2022, an in-person event featuring five lectures: Leitrim and Mohill in 1922; Cumann na mBan; Irish language and Culture during the Civil War and War of Independence; Civilian & Military casualties during the Civil War and War of Independence; and the history of Irish songs. Hosts: Mohill Historical Society. Venue: Lough Rynn Castle, Mohill, Co Leitrim. 9:30 to 4pm. Fee: €16.87 (includes lunch). Booking.

Monday 17 October: The Pirate Queen, with Janice Witherspoon. An in-person and online event hosted by the North of Ireland Family History Society, Larne branch. Venue: Larne Museum and Arts Centre, 2 Victoria Road, Larne, BT40 1RN. 7:15pm. All welcome. Details.

Tuesday 18 October: Early Irish maps at The National Archives. Rose Mitchell and Lucia Pereira Pardo give the 2022 D A Chart Seminar on Maps. An online event hosted by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 7pm to 8:15pm. All welcome. Free but need to register. Details

Tuesday 18 October: The old and new symbols of the Irish Free State, with Cathy Scuffil. Part of the Decade of Centenaries programme from South Dublin County. Hosted online by Palmerstown Digital Hub. 7pm to 8pm. Free. Details and booking.

Tuesday 18 October: War of Words: censorship, propaganda and civil war, an online lecture with Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil. Part of the Civil War in Ireland: New Perspectives' series, a collaboration between the National Library of Ireland and the Atlas of the Irish Revolution editorial team, University of Cork. 7pm to 8pm. Free. Need to register.

Tuesday 18 October: Early Irish maps at The National Archives. Rose Mitchell and Lucia Pereira Pardo give the 2022 D A Chart Seminar on Maps. An online event hosted by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. 7pm to 8:15pm. All welcome. Free but need to register. Details

Tuesday 18 October: The old and new symbols of the Irish Free State, with Cathy Scuffil. Part of the Decade of Centenaries programme from South Dublin County. Hosted online by Palmerstown Digital Hub. 7pm to 8pm. Free. Details and booking.

Tuesday 18 October: The Irish Transport and General Trades Union in Tipperary, with special reference to the Lewis brothers of Nenagh, with Francis Devine. An in-person event and part of the Tipperary People and Places Lecture series no.16. Host: Tipperary Studies, the local history dept. of Tipperary County Librairies. 7pm. Free. Venue: Gallery of the Source Library, Thurles. Tea and coffeee served. All welcome. Details.

Thursday 20 October: Resources for the Revolutionary Period held by Wexford County Archives, with Barry Lacey. A free, in-person event hosted by Wexford County Council. Venue: Gorey Library, Civic Square, The Avenue, Gorey, Co. Wexford. All welcome. 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Details and booking.

Friday 21 October: Ireland 1922, Year Zero, an Anatomy of Independence, an in-person lecture with Mícheál Ó Fathartaigh. Host: NTU History and Heritage Events. Venue: Newton Building (Nottingham Trent University) Goldsmith Street, Nottingham NG1 4BU. Free. Details.

Saturday 22 October: Meath History Workshop, a full-day conference presenting new research on the Revolution and its aftermath in County Meath and reflecting on how the county has commemorated the seminal events of the period. Host: Meath County Council's Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 Programme. 9:30am to 4pm. All welcome. Light lunch included. Free but you need to book your place by Tuesday 18 October. Details and line-up.