News Digest: June 2016
30 June 2016Vinny Byrne, the most feared assassin sent by Michael Collins (VIDEO) https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/Vinny-Byrne-The-shooter-who-would-come-to-symbolize-Michael-Collins-Twelve-Apostles.html Exciting family history facts and tips about County Corkhttps://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/Exciting-family-history-facts-and-tips-about-county-Cork.html The Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) holds week-long hands-on courses in genealogy for all levels. People from 42 states and 3 countries have come to learn from...
July events at The National Library of Ireland
30 June 2016This July, the National Library will host events geared towards families at a loose end during the School holidays. Children’s Workshops: Treasures, trails and Tales. Three afternoons with activities for children on consecutive Thursdays 2.30pm to 4pm, on July 7th /14th /21st For more information, click here. Hands...
Hidden Gems
28 June 2016An important feature of family history, is the where of our ancestors. Once we can locate our ancestors in a time and place, we then usually want to know more about the place. This is where local and family history can combine. The Federation of Local Histories can be a...
Joe Biden’s Irish Family History & Surname Origin
22 June 2016Research by expert genealogists Fiona Fitzsimons and Helen Moss Joe Biden’s Irish ancestry tells a fascinating story of immigration and determination, leading to him becoming the 46th president of the United States. We were delighted to research Joe Biden’s Irish connection in time for his trip to his family’s ancestral...
Research Tip of the Week
18 June 2016Births at sea. Civil records of births, marriages and deaths are the building blocks of your genealogy research. They are the easiest records to find, because the only method you need to know, is how to use an alphabetical index. Today I want to consider birth records. By law, all...
Jayne Shrimpton
18 June 2016Irish Lives Remembered is pleased to invite readers to submit one of their family photographs for dating and analysis in the magazine. Please email digital files, preferably high resolution jpeg or tiff image files, along with a separate scan of the back of any card-mounted studio photographs. [Please do not post...
Marking the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme
17 June 2016Ireland and 1916: Isle of Saints and Soldiers? Saturday 18 June, Kew | £30 10:00-17:00 This symposium will look at the Irish contribution to and experience of the First World War. As it falls between both centenaries, topics will include the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme, but...
Behind the scenes in the Genealogy Advisory Service @NLIreland
17 June 2016Behind the scenes in the Genealogy Advisory Service @NLIreland The fun of the genealogy service in the National Library is that we never know in advance who we’ll meet, or what stories we’ll hear. Our job is to listen, to identify verifiable facts and events, and to guide enquirers in...
Stars & Stripes Forever: An Independence Day Spectacular
17 June 2016It gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend our forthcoming Independence Day Organ Recital on Monday 4th July at 6.15pm in aid of the Cathedral Choir Fund. Organists Stuart Nicholson & Harry Meehan join forces for a third year running to present a star spangled recital of music from stage & screen to celebrate Independence Day. The programme will appeal to...
Irish Family History Centre
17 June 2016We are always excited to share our love of history with you. These are some of the ways you have been sharing with us through the new Irish Family History Centre Visitor experience This week we welcomed St. Patrick’s Choir School to EPIC Ireland and the Irish Family History Centre....
News Digest: May 2016
17 June 20161954 Bloomsday Video Bloomsday may have been celebrated by some as far back as the 1920s, but it wasn’t until 1954, when Dublin’s literati of the day took to the cobblestones, that the event began to come into its own. Here is a link to a video on you tube...
Behind the scenes in the Genealogy Advisory Service @NLIreland: Various
04 June 2016The fun of the genealogy service in the National Library is that we never know in advance who we’ll meet, or what stories we’ll hear. Our job is to listen, to identify verifiable facts and events, and to guide enquirers in their research. The search never ends, because family history...