Events Diary 2010

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January

19th (Tue) CIGO Council meeting

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

21st (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Eddie Lock, Our Lady's Hospital (Ennis) archives

Febuary

18th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Fiona Fitzsimons, Fostering and Adoption records in Ireland

March

3rd (Wed) Irish Genealogical Research Society - Ireland Branch

Spring Lecture

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

Time: 7pm

Dr Séamas Ó Maitiú, A Journalistic View of South Dublin 1895 - 1900: Using Newspapers as Sources for Genealogy

4th (Thu) CIGO Council meeting

7pm Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth St., Dublin 2 [Council members only]

18th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Steven Smyrl, Ireland's Court Records - what survived 1922?

27th (Sat) Dublin City Library and Archive

Family History Day: The Insider’s Guide to Family History Research

Booking essential Tel: 01 674 4873 - 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 Pól Ó Duibhir The Medlar’s Gotcha’: the story of a Dublin family
10:45 Tea / Coffee
11:15 Catríona Crowe (National Archives of Ireland) Searching the Census of 1911 and 1901
12:00 Charles Callan Painters in Union: members of the Painters and Decorators’ Union
12:45 Lunch (not provided)
2:00 A Guided Tour of Family History Sources on the Internet: workshops with Paddy Waldron, Pól Ó Duibhir and Eoin Bairéad
3:30 Finish

April

10th (Thu) 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: Seán Ó Dúill, 19th century death & burial customs in the West of Ireland

3:15pm: Siobhán Fitzpatrick, Genealogy sources at the Royal Irish Academy

22nd (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting Cancelled due to volcanic ash problems!

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Jim McNamara, American records

24th (Sat) Irish Genealogical Research Society - Ireland Branch

Annual General Meeting (members only) and Lecture (all welcome, admission free)

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

Time: 2:30pm (AGM) 3:15pm (Lecture)

Colum O'Riordan, Dictionary of Architects, Builders and Craftsmen

May

11th (Tue) CIGO Council meeting

7pm Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth St., Dublin 2 [Council members only]

20th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Launch of the Ennis Parish 19th Century Records Online

Location: Cathedral House

If you plan to be there, please let Fíona de Buitléir know as soon as possible.

22nd (Sat) Irish Genealogical Research Society - Ireland Branch

Annual 'Genealogy Open Day' - All day session.

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

 

June

16th (Wed) Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport

See http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/news.html.

The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport is pleased to announce the addition of further Church Genealogy Records at http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/.

Church Baptism, Marriage and Burial records from pre-1900 are due to be added for Dublin City, Carlow, Cork (City and West Cork) and Kerry.

These additional records along with the digital image of these records will be launched by Mary Hanafin, TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Archbishop of Dublin, The Most Rev. Dr. John R.W. Neill. This event will take place on Wednesday 16th June @6.00pm in St. Werburghs Church (near Christchurch) Dublin 2.

16th (Wed) Raheny Heritage Society

RAHENY HERITAGE SOCIETY

Evening lecture at 6.30pm in Raheny Library, Howth Road

“Glasnevin Cemetery from Waterloo to the Congo Dead” by Shane MacThomais

Shane has been the resident historian and tour guide to Glasnevin cemetery for more than 10 years. A second-generation historian Shane has been involved within the Dublin historical and literary fields for over 15 years. He is the author of “Glasnevin: Ireland's Necropolis” and currently writes a weekly column in The Northside People newspaper.

July

7th (Wed) CIGO Council meeting

[Council members only] 5.30 pm in the National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 2; after a short meeting we are hoping to adjourn for early dinner.

August

 

 

 

September

4th (Sat) Western Family History Society

Conference

Location: Claregalway Hotel

Time: 2pm

Nora Keohane Hickey (Clans of Ireland), Joan Sharkey (IFHS), Paddy Waldron (CIGO), The State of Irish Genealogy

23rd (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Patricia Moorhead, Delving into the Records - A Case Study

27th (Mon) CIGO Council meeting

7pm Freemasons' Hall, 17 Molesworth St., Dublin 2 [Council members only]

October

2nd (Sat) Irish Family History Society

Autumn Seminar (full day) - click here for full programme

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

5th (Tue) Irish Genealogical Research Society

Autumn Lecture (all welcome, no charge)

Location: National Libary (Seminar Room), Kildare Street, Dublin 2. 7pm Sharp!

Keith Withington: 'Genealogy - The Latest Innovations from Utah'

21st (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Risteard Ua Cróinín (Clare County Council Conservation officer), The Evolution of Townlands in Co. Clare

November

6th (Sat) Irish Family History Society

Autumn Seminar (half day)

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

18th (Thu) Clare Roots Society

Monthly meeting

Location: Ennis Civic Rooms

Time: 8pm

Dr. Larry Geary, (UCC), Death & Disease in 19th Century Ireland

December

 

 

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