Behind the scenes in the National Library’s Genealogy Room: Genetics
24 November 2016Visitors to the Library’s Genealogy Advisory Service have different motivations for tracing their families. For many, it’s an absorbing hobby, for overseas visitors it is an attempt to locate their Irish origins or, as one person memorably described it to me, it’s an itch they just must scratch! But for...
News Digest: November 2016
24 November 2016How the Irish saved Thanksgiving https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/how-the-irish-saved-thanksgiving-134201303-237789251 Were your grandparents born close to you? You could be eligible to take part in new genetic project. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/were-your-grandparents-born-close-to-you-you-could-be-eligible-to-take-part-in-new-genetic-project-35190672.html Genealogist found living Irish relatives of first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island https://www.irishcentral.com/news/genealogist-finds-living-irish-relatives-of-first-immigrant-to-pass-through-ellis-island Adopted siblings travel to Ireland to sadly discover their...
1916 Galway and The Battle of the Somme at Loughrea Hotel
11 November 20161916 Conference Galway and The Battle of the Somme at Loughrea Hotel & Spa, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Thursday 17th November 2016. This conference has been organised by Galway County Council in partnership with Loughrea Memorial Group. It is an action of Galway County Council’s 1916 Centenary Programme for the...
News Digest: Nov 2016
10 November 2016The fighting Irish – Ireland’s national roll of honor from 1914 to 1921 https://www.irishcentral.com/homepage/the-fighting-irish-irelands-national-roll-of-honour-1914-1921 Were your grandparents born close to you? You could be eligible to take part in new genetic project https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/were-your-grandparents-born-close-to-you-you-could-be-eligible-to-take-part-in-new-genetic-project-35190672.html Diary of Dubliner who lived through 1916 and World War One online...
2017 British Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah.
27 October 2016The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History takes great pelasure in announcing the 2017 British Institute to be conducted in Salt Lake City, Utah from 18-22 September 2017 at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. There will be four tracks of instruction by prominent genealogists focused on Ireland and...
News Digest: Oct 2016
27 October 2016Society of Genealogists events in November Else Churchill speaking on “20th Century Perspectives – Sources and Techniques for Family Historians” – on Weds 30 Nov. Wednesday, 30 November 14:00 – 20th Century Perspectives – Sources and Techniques for Family Historians It feels like it should be easier to find ancestors living...
Back to Our Past 2016 was a hit!
26 October 2016The Irish Family History Centre stand at Back to Our Past 2016 This year’s Back To Our Past was another well attended event with lots of you arriving with the family history bug and ready to dive into your roots. We met so many new people just connecting with...
New Digest
04 October 2016WWI Ireland: Public Tour WWI Ireland: Exploring the Irish Experience Exhibition: Exhibition tour http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=4cc981e0-523b-4ffe-8ceb-86201703bbec Using the National Library: research workshop http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?page=2&article=85528e34-c8d6-4382-a7f7-d2b6ecd9c103 Public Lecture: Seamus Heaney: The Place of Writing http://www.nli.ie/en/list/current-events.aspx?article=ef410618-0b81-4e9f-a018-c49f17191035 Introduction to Genealogy 8-week course with Sean Murphy http://www.nli.ie/en/genealogy_events.aspx The top 300 Irish family names explained https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/ancestry/top-300-irish-surnames-explained One US woman’s...
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral AFTER DARK
04 October 2016Click HERE to pre book tickets
The Archaeology of a Decade of War 2016 Lecture Series
04 October 2016The Archaeology of a Decade of War 2016 Lecture Series The Archaeological Landscape of the War of Independence & the Civil War by Mr Damian Shiels 1pm on Thursday 6 October 2016 at the National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 This talk will examine the wealth of archaeological...
Expert Workshop in the National Library October
04 October 2016In October 2016 our Expert speaker is Brian Hollinshead Mapping townlands and other boundaries old and new. Date: October 15th Time: 2:00pm Venue: National Library of Ireland Synopsis Brian will describe the OpenStreetMap Resource with particular reference to the related task, now complete, of tracing by hand the 60,000+ Townlands,...
Summer Talks @NLIreland 2016
23 September 2016The Summer Talks series at the National Library of Ireland ran for seven consecutive weeks, from July 26 to September 8. At the start, we promised you in joyous Joycean terms, to deliver a glorious gallimaufry of guest speakers exploring aspects of Irish Family History. The speakers this summer included...
