20th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Speaker: Imelda King-Kennedy "Burial Customs & Traditions in the 19th & 20th Centuries"

25th (Tue) CIGO Council meeting

6pm Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth St., Dublin 2 [Council members only]

10th (Thu) CIGO

Presentation of 2010 CIGO annual Award for Excellence in Genealogy

Location: De Valera Library, Ennis

Time: 6pm

Speaker: Steven Smyrl, FIGRS, MAPGI

12th (Sat) Dublin City Library and Archive

Family History Day

Booking essential Tel: 01 674 4873 or 01 674 4873 or Email: dublinpubliclibraries at dublincity dot ie

Location: Dublin City Library and Archive, 138-144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2

Time: 9:30

Programme:

9:30 Registration

9:50 Welcome

10:00 Genealogy and the Easter Rising 1916 -Ray Bateson

10:45 Tea / Coffee

11:15 Using newspapers for family research -Séamas Ó Maitiú

12:00 Landed estates court rentals -Fiona Fitzsimons, Eneclann

12:45 Lunch (not provided)

2:00 Researching members of the Irish labour movement -Charles Callan

2:45 A new home for the Genealogical Society of Ireland -Fíona Tipple

3:30 Finish

24th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Speaker: Catriona Crowe, National Archives of Ireland: “Clare in the 1901-1911 census: Resources for Genealogy”

31st (Thu) Irish Genealogical Research Society - Ireland Branch

75th Anniversary Celebration

Location: National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Time: 6pm (by invitation only)

Guest of Honour: Her Excellency Mary McAleese, President of Ireland

4th (Mon) CIGO Council meeting

6pm Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth St., Dublin 2 [Council members only]

9th (Sat) Irish Family History Society

Annual General Meeting (members only)

Afternoon talks open to non members. Free Admission. No booking required.

Location: Dublin city Library and Archive, 138/144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

Time: 11am (AGM)

2:15pm: *The Irish in Newfoundland. * by Aidan O'Hara

3:15pm: *A Madwoman in the Attic: the Davises of Cloragh, Rathfarnham. * by Selina Guinness.

16th (Sat) Irish Genealogical Research Society - Ireland Branch

Annual General Meeting and Lecture

Location: Dublin City Library & Archive, 138/144 Pearse St. Dublin 2.

Time: 2:30pm (AGM: members only) 3:15pm (Lecture: all welcome, admission free)

Speaker: Dr Billy Colfer: "Settlement Patterns on the Hook, County Wexford"

21st (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Speaker: Gerry Kennedy “From a photograph to a family genealogy: A research case study.”

11th (Wed) Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (APGI)

Table Quiz - with slight genealogical / historical flavour. Doheny & Nesbitts, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. 8pm (sharp!)

Tables of Four, €20 per table. Full bar.

**APGI 1986-2011 - 25 Years to the Fore in Irish Genealogy**

19th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Presentation of prizes to the schoolchildren of County Clare for the “Junior Genealogist” Memorial Card Schools’ Collection Project

Location: Old Ground Hotel

Time: 8pm

21st (Sat) Irish Genealogical Research Society - Ireland Branch

Annual 'Genealogy Open Day' - All day session, four speakers. All welcome, admission free.

Location: Dublin City Library & Archive, 138/144 Pearse St. Dublin 2.

Time: 10am-4pm

23rd (Mon) CIGO Council meeting [postponed due to closure of Dublin city centre for visit by Barack Obama]

6pm Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth St., Dublin 2 [Council members only]

30th (Mon) CIGO Council meeting [rescheduled and relocated]

Location: Dublin City Library & Archive (Gilbert), Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

Time: 6pm [Council members only]

2nd (Tue) CIGO Council meeting

Location: National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8

Time: 5pm [Council members only]

23rd and 24th (Tue/Wed) Orlagh House

National Heritage Week Open Days

Location: Old Court Road (at Junction of Ballycullen Road) Near Exit 12 on the M50

Time: 11am to 4pm

More information at http://www.orlagh.ie/ or from Tel/ (01) 4958190

14th (Wed) Western Family History Association

Public Meeting

Location: Claregalway Hotel

Time: 8:15pm

Michael Carroll on his experience researching his 2 recently published family/local/school history books (Of Beaty Rarest and Valley of The Milk)

21st (WEDNESDAY) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting - note change of day - preceded by launch of the Society's first Genealogy and Family History Conference

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms, Drumbiggle, Ennis

Time: Launch at 7:45pm, lecture at 8:00pm

Speaker: John Joe Conwell on the Ireland XO project

24th (Sat) Irish Family History Society

Autumn Seminar (full day)

Location: Dublin City Library and Archive, 138/144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

10:30 Mario Corrigan, Kildare Library & Arts Service - the need to go digital

11:30 Brian Donnelly, NAI Hospital Records

Lunch. 12:30pm to 2:00pm [at own expense]

2:15 Brian Donovan, Eneclann Irish Family History online: The 'findmypast' publishing plan for Ireland

3:15 Jim Herlihy, Royal Irish Constabulary

1st (Sat) Clare Roots Society

"The Future of our Past" Conference

Location: Templegate Hotel Ennis Co Clare

Time: 8:45am-5:15pm

Click here for conference website and programme

20th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Question and Answer session with launch/sale of the DVD of the Clare Genealogy Conference that was held 1st October 2011 in Ennis.

19th (Wed) Raheny Heritage Society

Raheny Heritage Society is holding a talk in Raheny Library on Wednesday 19th October at 6.30pm entitled 'Maps before Satnav' by Brian White, local historian and author.

Admission Free. All Welcome. Enquiries 0861605099

21st-23rd (Fri-Sun) Back To Our Past

The second annual Irish Genealogy and family / social history experience

Location: Industries Hall, Royal Dublin Society

Times: Fri noon-7pm; Sat & Sun 11am-7pm

Several of CIGO's constituent organisations will be among the exhibitors at this event; see backtoourpast.com

5th (Sat) Irish Family History Society

Autumn Seminar (half day)

Location: Dublin City Library and Archive, 138/144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

10:30 Noelle Dowling, Dublin Diocesan Archives

11:30 George Stewart, Researching my Stewart family

All welcome.

17th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Speaker: Seán Ó Dúill Matchmaking and marriage customs

30th (Wed) CIGO

Presentation of the 5th Annual Award for Excellence in Genealogy, AGM and Lecture

Location: Alexander Hotel, Fenian Street, Dublin 2

Time: 6:00pm

Presentation of award by Jimmy Deenihan, T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Presentation and AGM followed by lecture entitled Glasnevin Trust - Preserving the past for future generations by Mervyn Colville

Raffle & Bar - Free Admission