Roll Books for the Christian Brothers School in Ennis have been made available, free, on Clare County Library's website.
The Books date from 1920 to 1930, when the school was still a boys-only educational establishment, and provide some useful information for researchers. As well as the basic name, address, dates joined and left the school etc, the 500-odd entries also provide the occupation of the parent, details of any previous school, and brief notes on the pupil's future destination. The latter details cover a range of options open to a pupil on reaching the legal school leaving age of 14: 'working', 'England', 'America', 'Limerick', at home, 'Secondary School', and so on.
The records can be viewed by date and by surname, and have been transcribed and donated to the Library by Marianne McGough.
Find out more about Clare County Library's school-related collections here.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
PRONI: Expressions to be avoided
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland's Document of the Month for February is a 'first day brief' paper from Government files in 1985. First Day Briefs were issued to brand-new Government Ministers in Belfast, and this particular one – Expressions to be Avoided (and Notes on Other Terminology) – was prepared for the incoming Secretary of State, Tom King, in September 1985. He was to hold that position until July 1989.
PRONI's Graham Jackson says this document was just one part of a weighty 130-page First Day Brief that was presented to him. 'It gives a list of terms to avoid, together with an accompanying contextual explanation for each term and possible alternative terms to use where necessary.
'Its simplicity belies the complexity of the situation into which the new Minister was being deployed. It reveals a host of intricate sensitivities and pitfalls to be negotiated by the Minister in the course of their initial public appearances, as they started their new job during the mid-eighties.'
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| A part of the First Day Brief advising on how to refer to The Republic of Ireland. Click image to download (pdf 119kb) PRONI's Document of the Month for February |
PRONI's Graham Jackson says this document was just one part of a weighty 130-page First Day Brief that was presented to him. 'It gives a list of terms to avoid, together with an accompanying contextual explanation for each term and possible alternative terms to use where necessary.
'Its simplicity belies the complexity of the situation into which the new Minister was being deployed. It reveals a host of intricate sensitivities and pitfalls to be negotiated by the Minister in the course of their initial public appearances, as they started their new job during the mid-eighties.'
Ten million reasons to use British Newspaper Archive
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| 65 Irish newspaper titles are included |
Part of the DC Thomson Family History stable, the site launched at the tail-end of November 2011 with more than 3million pages in its database and a 10-year plan to digitise some 40million pages. Among the launch titles were Freeman's Journal (1820-1900), Belfast Newsletter (1828-1900) and a five-year spread of the Irish (Cork) Examiner. Back then, a month's access cost £29.95 (it's now £9.95!).
In the first couple of years, Irish papers didn't make much of a show in the portfolio and even 12-months ago, the BNA offered just seven Irish titles. But in mid-2014, someone pressed the green button and there's been title after title added. There's even a new one this week – the three-times weekly Newry Herald and Down, Armagh and Louth Journal – albeit with only one full year of editions (1858) available so far.
This means there are now 65 Irish newspapers, plus 297 from England, Scotland and Wales, in the online database.
All updates to the British Newspaper Archive are automatically added to the newspaper collection of sister database provider FindMyPast; a FindMyPast Ireland subscription would include access to all the Irish titles while a FindMyPast World subscription includes both Irish and British papers.
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
RootsIreland adds more Wexford RC records
RootsIreland.ie has just added baptism, marriage records for the Wexford Roman Catholic parishes of Ballindaggin, Ballyoughter, & Kilanerin. A burial register for the Ballyoughter is also included in the upload, but it covers less than a year.
The periods covered are as follows:
Ballindaggin
Baptisms
Jan 1871 – May 1921
Marriages
Nov 1837 – Apr 1839
Jul 1871 – 1925
Ballyoughter
Baptisms
Jan 1836 – Apr 1836
Sep 1810 – Dec 1826 (gap 1812 – 1815)
Dec 1826 – Apr 1871 (gap 1832 – 1844)
Jul 1871 – 1925
Marriages
Aug 1815 – Feb 1818
Feb 1818 – Feb 1869 (gap 1832 – 1844)
Jan 1836 Apr 1836
Jul 1871 – 1925
Burials
Jan 1825 – Oct 1825
Kilanerin
Baptisms
1778 – 1903
Marriages
Oct 1789 – Jul 1810
Apr 1816 – Mar 1824
May 1824 – Jul 1829
Jul 1827 – Nov 1851
Jan 1852 – Nov 1907
For the precise dates of these registers and others (both RC and CofI) available in the Wexford database, see the Sources page. Type 'Wexford' into the box.
The periods covered are as follows:
Ballindaggin
Baptisms
Jan 1871 – May 1921
Marriages
Nov 1837 – Apr 1839
Jul 1871 – 1925
Ballyoughter
Baptisms
Jan 1836 – Apr 1836
Sep 1810 – Dec 1826 (gap 1812 – 1815)
Dec 1826 – Apr 1871 (gap 1832 – 1844)
Jul 1871 – 1925
Marriages
Aug 1815 – Feb 1818
Feb 1818 – Feb 1869 (gap 1832 – 1844)
Jan 1836 Apr 1836
Jul 1871 – 1925
Burials
Jan 1825 – Oct 1825
Kilanerin
Baptisms
1778 – 1903
Marriages
Oct 1789 – Jul 1810
Apr 1816 – Mar 1824
May 1824 – Jul 1829
Jul 1827 – Nov 1851
Jan 1852 – Nov 1907
For the precise dates of these registers and others (both RC and CofI) available in the Wexford database, see the Sources page. Type 'Wexford' into the box.
Becoming revolutionary: The year before 1916
Glasnevin Trust and Trinity College Dublin have announced details of their Spring Lecture Series: Becoming revolutionary: The year before 1916. The series aims to explore what the Irish revolutionaries were doing in 1915 and to interrogate the lives and thoughts of some of the not-so-famous revolutionaries.
Thursday 19 Feb: 'We can fight and we can die': Michael Mallin and the Irish Citizen Army,
with Brian Hughes
Thursday 26 Feb: Tom and Kathleen Clarke: The final year, with Helen Litton
Thursday 5 March: General Maxwell: Maker of martyrs, with Eunan O'Halpin
Thursday 12 March: Rosie Hackett: Bridging the divide - trade unionist, nationalist and women's
rights activist, with Maeve Casserly
Thursday 19 March: "This awful calamity in Europe": Casement in Germany, 1915, with
Séamas Ó Síocháin
Thursday 26 March: Elizabeth O'Farrell before 1916, with Sinead McCoole
Venue: The Prospect Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.
Time: 7pm.
Admission fee: €10 per lecture or €40 for the series
Booking essential: Tickets, email or telephone to (0)1 882 6550.
Thursday 19 Feb: 'We can fight and we can die': Michael Mallin and the Irish Citizen Army,
with Brian Hughes
Thursday 26 Feb: Tom and Kathleen Clarke: The final year, with Helen Litton
Thursday 5 March: General Maxwell: Maker of martyrs, with Eunan O'Halpin
Thursday 12 March: Rosie Hackett: Bridging the divide - trade unionist, nationalist and women's
rights activist, with Maeve Casserly
Thursday 19 March: "This awful calamity in Europe": Casement in Germany, 1915, with
Séamas Ó Síocháin
Thursday 26 March: Elizabeth O'Farrell before 1916, with Sinead McCoole
Venue: The Prospect Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11.
Time: 7pm.
Admission fee: €10 per lecture or €40 for the series
Booking essential: Tickets, email or telephone to (0)1 882 6550.
Monday, 2 February 2015
Irish Genealogy talks at National Library this month
The full programme of the National Library of Ireland's Adult Learners’ Festival Genealogy Talks has now been released and is presented below. A talk will be held each lunchtime from 23 to 27 February and there is one additional talk taking place in the evening. All of them will be presented by a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland. Note also the Open Forum which follows the Friday lunchtime lecture.
Lunchtime lectures – 1:05pm
Monday 23 February: Civil Registration in Ireland, with Steven Smyrl explaining how to access and interpret the records of the General Register Office.
Tuesday 24 February: Irish Census records, with Helen Kelly discussing the census returns and their value to family history beginners.
Wednesday 25 February: Using Church records, with Rosaleen Underwood who will look at Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland registers – where to find them and how to use them.
Thursday 26 February: Land records, with Joan Sharkey explaining how to use the Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith’s Valuation and Valuation office records.
Friday 27 February: Using the Internet for genealogical research. John Grenham looks at online family history records. This lecture will be followed by an Open Forum discussion with a panel of professional genealogists.
Evening lecture – 6:30pm
Wednesday 25 February: Tracing your 20th-Century Military Ancestors, with Nicola Morris explaining how to find your World War ancestors, as well as military records for the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence.
The talks are held as part of the Aontas Adult Learner's Festival and will be held at the National Library of Ireland in Kildare Street, Dublin 2. No booking is necessary and all are welcome.
Lunchtime lectures – 1:05pm
Monday 23 February: Civil Registration in Ireland, with Steven Smyrl explaining how to access and interpret the records of the General Register Office.
Tuesday 24 February: Irish Census records, with Helen Kelly discussing the census returns and their value to family history beginners.
Wednesday 25 February: Using Church records, with Rosaleen Underwood who will look at Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland registers – where to find them and how to use them.
Thursday 26 February: Land records, with Joan Sharkey explaining how to use the Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith’s Valuation and Valuation office records.
Friday 27 February: Using the Internet for genealogical research. John Grenham looks at online family history records. This lecture will be followed by an Open Forum discussion with a panel of professional genealogists.
Evening lecture – 6:30pm
Wednesday 25 February: Tracing your 20th-Century Military Ancestors, with Nicola Morris explaining how to find your World War ancestors, as well as military records for the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence.
The talks are held as part of the Aontas Adult Learner's Festival and will be held at the National Library of Ireland in Kildare Street, Dublin 2. No booking is necessary and all are welcome.
Latest updates to IGP Archives
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| If only headstones were always this helpful! Photo courtesy of Alana Hagan. |
As with all the records and images held by IGPArchives, they have been submitted by volunteers and are free to view.
CLARE Genealogy Archives - Headstones
Doonbeg Cemetery
Doonmore Cemetery
Shanakyle Cemetery
DUBLIN Genealogy Archives - Photos
Group Photo - RUSSELL, Beatrice, Marion & GOULDING, Eva
FERMANAGH Genealogy Archives - Vital Records
Assorted Death records - 1869
Irish family history and heritage events, 2 – 14 Feb
Monday 2 February: History of Derry through the River Foyle, with Roy Hamilton. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Foyle Branch. Venue: City's Central Library, 35 Foyle Street, Derry, Co LondonDerry BT48 6AL. 7pm. All welcome. Note: Rescheduled to 16 Feb due to adverse weather conditions.
Monday 2 February: Family and Business Memories of Killyleagh – T M Martin and Sons, with John Martin. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Killyleagh Branch. Venue: Killyleagh Masonic Hall, 50 High Street, Killyleagh, BT30 9QF, Co Down. 8pm. All welcome.
Monday 2 February to Friday 27 February: Londonderry Papers Exhibition. The exhibition focuses on the ‘Ark’ club set up by Edith, Lady Londonderry, in 1915 and immortalised in the Dodo Terrace at her gardens at Mountstewart. Members of the Ark club read like a roll call of the great and the good in British and Irish society at the time. Members were given a nickname, based on an animal or a mythical creature. Venue: Comber Library, Newtownards Road, Comber, Co Down BT23 5AU. Telephone for more details: 028 9187 2610.
Tuesday 3 February: Hidden pages from WW1, a seminar exploring previously unknown archival sources on soldiers and civilians, recounted by the curators who recovered them. Five short presentations (from 7:30pm), a Q&A session, private viewing of the cathedral's Lives Remembered exhibition and wine reception at 7pm. Chaired by Bryan Dobson. Hosts: Irish Society for Archives and St Patrick's Cathedral. Venue: The Lady Chapel, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Open to the public, free and no need to book. Details.
Tuesday 3 February: The Digital Mapping of Ireland’s Eighteenth-Century Built Military Heritage: Or, Rambles in Rural Armagh, with Ivar McGrath. Host: School of History and Archives Research Forum. Venue: Room K114, University College Dublin. 4 p.m. Free admission. All welcome. Details.
Tuesday 3 February: From the Plum to the Pau France, with Claire McElhinney. Host: North of Ireland Family HistorySociety, Omagh Branch. Venue: Omagh Library, 1 Spillers Place, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT78 1HL. 7:15pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 4 February: Military Antiques Roadshow. Bring along your WW1 artefacts to have them viewed and catalogued by experts, watch the documentary The Boys from East Belfast, and attend two talks at 2pm and 3pm. Host: Living Legacies 1914–1918. Venue: St. Mark's Parochial Hall: Heyn Hall, 2 Sydenham Avenue. Belfast BT4 2DR. 1–4pm. Free.
Wednesday 4 February: Seeking Refuge: Germany to Ireland in the 1930's, a half-day Conference. To mark Holocause Memorial Day, this event will examine the impact of the rise of the Nazi regime on Jewish communities in germany and Northern Ireland. Venue: PRONI, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast, BT3 9HQ (Lecture Theatre). Starts 2pm. Three speakers. Free but need to reserve your place by email proni@dcalni.gov.uk or telephone: 028 90 534800.
Wednesday 4 February: Gone but not Forgotten – the Church of Ireland Graveyards of the City of Dublin, with Dr Raymond Refaussé. Host: Old Dublin Society. Venue: Dublin City Library & Archive Conference Room, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. 6:30pm. Free admission and all welcome to attend.
Wednesday 4 February: Charity during the Great Famine in Connaught, with Ciaran McCabe. Host: Strokestown Park Winter Spring Lectureseries. Venue: Strokestown House, Co Roscommon. 8pm. Admission €5.
Wednesday 4 February: The victualling trade in Cork during the American War of Independence, with Joe Varley. Host: Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Venue: Crawford Art Gallery, Emmett Place, Cork.
Wednesday 4 February: The Home Front: Newry and Mourne in the Great War, with Dr Robert Whan. Host and Venue: Newry & Mourne Museum, Bagenal's Castle , Castle Street, 1A Bank Parade, Newry BT34 2BY. Time: 7:30pm. Light refreshments served. Free but need to book by phone to 028 3031 3173 or email.
Wednesday 4 February: The Digital Mapping of Ireland’s 18th-Century Barracks: The Armagh Story, with Ivar McGrath. Venue: Seanchas Ard Mhacha, Cardinal O Fiaich Memorial Library and Archive, 15 Moy Road, Armagh BT61 7LY. 8pm. Free admission. All welcome.
Thursday 5 February: Famine times in Blarney and district, wtih Michael Murphy. Host: Blarney and District Historical Society. Venue: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork. 8pm. Everyone welcome.
Thursday 5 February: The Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland and its resources, with Valerie Adams. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Belfast Branch. Venue: Holywood Arches Library, Holywood Road, Belfast BT4 1NT. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Saturday 7 February: Beginning Genealogy Class, with Barbara Scanlon. Host & Venue: Kansas City Irish Center (KCIC), Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, Suite 700, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA. Free to members of KCIC. $5 for non-members. No need to register. Starts at Noon. Tel: 816-474-3848.
Saturday 7 February: Photography and other pastimes, with Pat Holland. Part of The Big House lecture series. Venue: Tipperary County Museum, Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel, Co Tipperary. 10am to Noon, with refreshments provided. €5 per session. Bookings: julia.walsh@tipperarycoco.ie or 076 106 5564.
Saturday 7 February: Migration and the First World War, with Professor Keith Jeffery. The 14th Annual Irish Migration Studies Lecture. Host and Venue: Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park, 2 Mellon Road, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT78 5QY. 11am to 2pm. Tea/coffee registion from 10:30pm. Admission £12 (conc £10), includes morning tea/coffee, lecture and finger buffet lunch. Booking advised, by email or tel: 028 8225 6315.
Monday 9 February: The story of Limerick Palatines, with Austin Bovenizer. Host: Limerick Historical Society. Venue: Room 301, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. 8pm. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.
Tuesday 10 February: The Comerfords in Ireland: disentangling myths and legends, with Rev Comerford. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dún Laoghaire FE Institute, Cumberland Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 8pm. Admission: €3.
Tuesday 10 February: Book launch: Fighting for Republican Spain, by Barry McLoughlin. Host: Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class. Venue: Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway. 6pm.The book includes bio details on the 230 Irish volunteers who went to defend the Spanish Republic. All welcome.
Tuesday 10 February: The Hanging of the Kearneys in Tallaght, 1816, with Eamonn Maloney. Host: Tallaght Historical Society. Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Co Dublin. 7pm.
Wednesday 11 February: Mourne men and U-boats, with Matt Maginnis. Host and Venue: Newry & Mourne Museum, Bagenal's Castle , Castle Street/1A Bank Parade, Newry BT34 2BY. 7:30pm. Light refreshments served. Free but need to book by phone to 028 3031 3173 or email.
Wednesday 11 February: Linguistic Connections between Ireland and Scotland, a lunchtime talk with Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín. Host and Venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. Lecture Theatre at 1pm. Free but need to book by email to proni@dcalni.gov.uk or telephone to 028 90 534800.
Thursday 12 February: National Archives of Ireland's publication plans for 2015, with Catriona Crowe. Hosts: Eneclann and Ancestor Network. Venue: Boardroom, National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8. 2:30pm. Free, but need to book by email. Limited to 12 attendees.
Thursday 12 February: The forgotten copper mines of West Carbery, with Paddy O'Sullivan. Host: Cork Literary and Scientific Society. Venue: Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork City. 8pm. Admission: €8.
Friday 13 February: Irish soldiers on film, with Captain Labhras Joye. Host: Military History Society of Ireland. Venue: Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. Non-members welcome. 8pm.
Friday 13 February: Where did they all go? Irish emigration in the 19th century, an evening seminar. Host: Edenderry Historical Society. Venue: Town Hall, Edenderry, Co Offaly. Details.
Saturday 14 February: Learn to love your computer, again: how to get better results from the digital tools at your command, with Mary Cahill. Hosts: Eneclann and Ancestor Network. Venue: Trustees Room of the National Library, Kildare St, Dublin 2. 2pm. Free, but need to book by email. Limited to 16 attendees.
Saturday 14 February: Drop-in Genealogy workshop, with Mayo Genealogy Group. Venue: NMI, Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo. Free. No booking required and new researchers welcome. 11:3am–1pm.
Monday 2 February: Family and Business Memories of Killyleagh – T M Martin and Sons, with John Martin. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Killyleagh Branch. Venue: Killyleagh Masonic Hall, 50 High Street, Killyleagh, BT30 9QF, Co Down. 8pm. All welcome.
Monday 2 February to Friday 27 February: Londonderry Papers Exhibition. The exhibition focuses on the ‘Ark’ club set up by Edith, Lady Londonderry, in 1915 and immortalised in the Dodo Terrace at her gardens at Mountstewart. Members of the Ark club read like a roll call of the great and the good in British and Irish society at the time. Members were given a nickname, based on an animal or a mythical creature. Venue: Comber Library, Newtownards Road, Comber, Co Down BT23 5AU. Telephone for more details: 028 9187 2610.
Tuesday 3 February: Hidden pages from WW1, a seminar exploring previously unknown archival sources on soldiers and civilians, recounted by the curators who recovered them. Five short presentations (from 7:30pm), a Q&A session, private viewing of the cathedral's Lives Remembered exhibition and wine reception at 7pm. Chaired by Bryan Dobson. Hosts: Irish Society for Archives and St Patrick's Cathedral. Venue: The Lady Chapel, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Open to the public, free and no need to book. Details.
Tuesday 3 February: The Digital Mapping of Ireland’s Eighteenth-Century Built Military Heritage: Or, Rambles in Rural Armagh, with Ivar McGrath. Host: School of History and Archives Research Forum. Venue: Room K114, University College Dublin. 4 p.m. Free admission. All welcome. Details.
Tuesday 3 February: From the Plum to the Pau France, with Claire McElhinney. Host: North of Ireland Family HistorySociety, Omagh Branch. Venue: Omagh Library, 1 Spillers Place, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT78 1HL. 7:15pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 4 February: Military Antiques Roadshow. Bring along your WW1 artefacts to have them viewed and catalogued by experts, watch the documentary The Boys from East Belfast, and attend two talks at 2pm and 3pm. Host: Living Legacies 1914–1918. Venue: St. Mark's Parochial Hall: Heyn Hall, 2 Sydenham Avenue. Belfast BT4 2DR. 1–4pm. Free.
Wednesday 4 February: Seeking Refuge: Germany to Ireland in the 1930's, a half-day Conference. To mark Holocause Memorial Day, this event will examine the impact of the rise of the Nazi regime on Jewish communities in germany and Northern Ireland. Venue: PRONI, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast, BT3 9HQ (Lecture Theatre). Starts 2pm. Three speakers. Free but need to reserve your place by email proni@dcalni.gov.uk or telephone: 028 90 534800.
Wednesday 4 February: Gone but not Forgotten – the Church of Ireland Graveyards of the City of Dublin, with Dr Raymond Refaussé. Host: Old Dublin Society. Venue: Dublin City Library & Archive Conference Room, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. 6:30pm. Free admission and all welcome to attend.
Wednesday 4 February: Charity during the Great Famine in Connaught, with Ciaran McCabe. Host: Strokestown Park Winter Spring Lectureseries. Venue: Strokestown House, Co Roscommon. 8pm. Admission €5.
Wednesday 4 February: The victualling trade in Cork during the American War of Independence, with Joe Varley. Host: Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. Venue: Crawford Art Gallery, Emmett Place, Cork.
Wednesday 4 February: The Home Front: Newry and Mourne in the Great War, with Dr Robert Whan. Host and Venue: Newry & Mourne Museum, Bagenal's Castle , Castle Street, 1A Bank Parade, Newry BT34 2BY. Time: 7:30pm. Light refreshments served. Free but need to book by phone to 028 3031 3173 or email.
Wednesday 4 February: The Digital Mapping of Ireland’s 18th-Century Barracks: The Armagh Story, with Ivar McGrath. Venue: Seanchas Ard Mhacha, Cardinal O Fiaich Memorial Library and Archive, 15 Moy Road, Armagh BT61 7LY. 8pm. Free admission. All welcome.
Thursday 5 February: Famine times in Blarney and district, wtih Michael Murphy. Host: Blarney and District Historical Society. Venue: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork. 8pm. Everyone welcome.
Thursday 5 February: The Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland and its resources, with Valerie Adams. Host: North of Ireland Family History Society, Belfast Branch. Venue: Holywood Arches Library, Holywood Road, Belfast BT4 1NT. 7:30pm. All welcome.
Saturday 7 February: Beginning Genealogy Class, with Barbara Scanlon. Host & Venue: Kansas City Irish Center (KCIC), Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, Suite 700, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA. Free to members of KCIC. $5 for non-members. No need to register. Starts at Noon. Tel: 816-474-3848.
Saturday 7 February: Photography and other pastimes, with Pat Holland. Part of The Big House lecture series. Venue: Tipperary County Museum, Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel, Co Tipperary. 10am to Noon, with refreshments provided. €5 per session. Bookings: julia.walsh@tipperarycoco.ie or 076 106 5564.
Saturday 7 February: Migration and the First World War, with Professor Keith Jeffery. The 14th Annual Irish Migration Studies Lecture. Host and Venue: Mellon Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster American Folk Park, 2 Mellon Road, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT78 5QY. 11am to 2pm. Tea/coffee registion from 10:30pm. Admission £12 (conc £10), includes morning tea/coffee, lecture and finger buffet lunch. Booking advised, by email or tel: 028 8225 6315.
Monday 9 February: The story of Limerick Palatines, with Austin Bovenizer. Host: Limerick Historical Society. Venue: Room 301, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. 8pm. Admission is free and everybody is welcome.
Tuesday 10 February: The Comerfords in Ireland: disentangling myths and legends, with Rev Comerford. Host: Genealogical Society of Ireland. Venue: Dún Laoghaire FE Institute, Cumberland Street, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. 8pm. Admission: €3.
Tuesday 10 February: Book launch: Fighting for Republican Spain, by Barry McLoughlin. Host: Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class. Venue: Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway. 6pm.The book includes bio details on the 230 Irish volunteers who went to defend the Spanish Republic. All welcome.
Tuesday 10 February: The Hanging of the Kearneys in Tallaght, 1816, with Eamonn Maloney. Host: Tallaght Historical Society. Venue: County Library, Tallaght, Co Dublin. 7pm.
Wednesday 11 February: Mourne men and U-boats, with Matt Maginnis. Host and Venue: Newry & Mourne Museum, Bagenal's Castle , Castle Street/1A Bank Parade, Newry BT34 2BY. 7:30pm. Light refreshments served. Free but need to book by phone to 028 3031 3173 or email.
Wednesday 11 February: Linguistic Connections between Ireland and Scotland, a lunchtime talk with Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín. Host and Venue: PRONI, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast. Lecture Theatre at 1pm. Free but need to book by email to proni@dcalni.gov.uk or telephone to 028 90 534800.
Thursday 12 February: National Archives of Ireland's publication plans for 2015, with Catriona Crowe. Hosts: Eneclann and Ancestor Network. Venue: Boardroom, National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8. 2:30pm. Free, but need to book by email. Limited to 12 attendees.
Thursday 12 February: The forgotten copper mines of West Carbery, with Paddy O'Sullivan. Host: Cork Literary and Scientific Society. Venue: Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork City. 8pm. Admission: €8.
Friday 13 February: Irish soldiers on film, with Captain Labhras Joye. Host: Military History Society of Ireland. Venue: Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. Non-members welcome. 8pm.
Friday 13 February: Where did they all go? Irish emigration in the 19th century, an evening seminar. Host: Edenderry Historical Society. Venue: Town Hall, Edenderry, Co Offaly. Details.
Saturday 14 February: Learn to love your computer, again: how to get better results from the digital tools at your command, with Mary Cahill. Hosts: Eneclann and Ancestor Network. Venue: Trustees Room of the National Library, Kildare St, Dublin 2. 2pm. Free, but need to book by email. Limited to 16 attendees.
Saturday 14 February: Drop-in Genealogy workshop, with Mayo Genealogy Group. Venue: NMI, Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo. Free. No booking required and new researchers welcome. 11:3am–1pm.
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Kilternan Church of Ireland registers indexed
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| Kilternan Parish Church, Co Dublin |
The Representative Church Body Library (RCBL) is once again collaborating with Mark Williams and the Anglican Record Project by making the transcripts of another Church of Ireland parish available in digital format as this month’s Archive of the Month presentation. It features the complete run of baptisms, marriages and burials from 1817 (when register-keeping commenced) up to 1900.
As is the norm with the Anglican Record Project, the transcripts are enhanced by a comprehensive alphabetical index of names. All may be accessed as pdf documents from the RCBL's webpages, whilst the original volumes from which the information was transcribed are available in the Library as are other original parish records such as vestry minute books, accounts, preachers’ books and a host of associated records.
Although now known as ‘Kilternan’, the geographical area the parish serves was originally covered by the two neighbouring parishes of Kilgobbin and Kilternan. In 1824 these two parishes were united as one and a new parish church was opened for worship in 1826.
Announcing the latest addition to the Anglican Record Project, the RCBL's Dr Susan Hood commended Mr Williams's time-consuming efforts: “The work demonstrates what one person can contribute to the growing demand for evidence about lives lived in Church of Ireland parishes around Ireland, and through the Archive of the Month medium we can make this invaluable family information available to a worldwide audience.”
As with all previous digital contributions from the Anglican Record Project, the work will be permanently available via the Church of Ireland website. Download the transcripts and index
Friday, 30 January 2015
Discounts, tutorials & free lecture recordings from ULF
The Ulster Historical Foundation has been very busy in the last few weeks, and not only in response to a 50% discount offer on its 1.7m birth, marriage and death records (see my blogpost for more details). Note that the sale has been extended to 9 February.
In addition to the half-price sale promotion, the organisation has been creating video tutorials to help its Guild members and visitors to the site to get the very best from their searches of its databases. Videos on Getting Started and using the Baptism and Marriage databases have been joined today by a tutorial on using the Graveyard Inscription database. They can all be viewed here.
Another development is the digitisation of audio recordings from some of the Guild's past conferences. The ‘Voices from the past’ lecture series is available only to members of the Guild and presents a rare opportunity to enjoy some very distinguished academics and archivists, some of whom are no longer with us, giving advice on using historical sources in Ireland. This week’s additions include:
Valuation records: A valuable resource for Genealogists, with Trevor Parkhill
New Light at the Cape of Good Hope, with Prof. Leslie McCracken
Family Research in the Registry of Deeds, with Dr Katharine Brown
Sources in PRONI relating to education, with Dr Roger Strong
To launch the Voices from the Past series of recordings, the ULF has made Dr Katherine Brown's lecture on Family Research in the Registry of Deeds freely available to all on the ULF's homepage.
In addition to the half-price sale promotion, the organisation has been creating video tutorials to help its Guild members and visitors to the site to get the very best from their searches of its databases. Videos on Getting Started and using the Baptism and Marriage databases have been joined today by a tutorial on using the Graveyard Inscription database. They can all be viewed here.
Another development is the digitisation of audio recordings from some of the Guild's past conferences. The ‘Voices from the past’ lecture series is available only to members of the Guild and presents a rare opportunity to enjoy some very distinguished academics and archivists, some of whom are no longer with us, giving advice on using historical sources in Ireland. This week’s additions include:
Valuation records: A valuable resource for Genealogists, with Trevor Parkhill
New Light at the Cape of Good Hope, with Prof. Leslie McCracken
Family Research in the Registry of Deeds, with Dr Katharine Brown
Sources in PRONI relating to education, with Dr Roger Strong
To launch the Voices from the Past series of recordings, the ULF has made Dr Katherine Brown's lecture on Family Research in the Registry of Deeds freely available to all on the ULF's homepage.
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