All IGRS members resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland enjoy membership of the Ireland Branch. Events are held throughout the year.

NB Please note – IGRS members worldwide are welcome to join events of the Ireland Branch if they are in Ireland.

Ireland Branch Activities 2010

Upcoming

• Summer outing 26 June 2010 – Tintern Abbey, Dunbrody Abbey and J.F.K. Arboretum, County Wexford Booking form

Completed 2010

• Open Day:— Saturday 22nd May 2010 (10. 00am – 4. 30pm)
  Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St., D. 2
  Programme of four lectures —
  10.00 – 10.20:
  REGISTRATION & COFFEE(Tea & Coffee available in the LIBRARY CAFÉ on the First Floor)
  10.20:
  CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME
  10.30 – 11.10:
  ‘GRIFFITH’S VALUATION AND VALUATION OFFICE RECORDS: WHAT’S THERE AND WHERE IS IT?’ – John Grenham
  11.15 – 11.55:
  'THE 1641 DEPOSITIONS PROJECT AND GENEALOGY.’ – Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer and Dr Elaine Murphy
  12.00 – 13.30 – LUNCH (at own expense)
  13.45 – 14.25:
  ‘NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS IN CROMWELLIAN IRELAND.’ – Dr John Cunningham
  14.30 – 15.10:
  ‘THE RECORDS OF GLASNEVIN CEMETERY: A RESOURCE FOR FAMILY HISTORY.’ – Mervyn Colville and Shane Mac Thomáis
  15.20 – 16.00:
  ASK THE EXPERTS! – QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION

Completed 2009

• AGM & Lecture:— Saturday 24th April 2010 at 2. 30pm & 3.30 pm
  Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St., D. 2
  Dictionary of Irish Architects, Builders and Craftsmen
  Speaker: Colum O’Riordan
• Spring Lecture:— Wednesday 3rd March 2010 at 7. 00pm
  National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
  Journalistic View of South Dublin 1895–1900 — Using Newspapers as Sources for Genealogy
  Speaker: Dr Séamas Ó Maitiú
• Autumn Lecture: October 2009
  Seminar Room, National Library, Dublin 2
• Spring Lecture: Monday 30th March 2009 at 7. 00pm
  Buswell’s Hotel, Kildare Street
  ‘The nature of Wills and the prevalence of Intestacy in modern Ireland’.
  Speaker: Ciara Breathnach
• AGM & Lecture: Saturday 4th April 2009 at 2. 30pm
  Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive
  ‘Soupers and Jumpers’.
  Speaker: Miriam Moffitt
  
• Open Day:Saturday 16th May 2009 (10. 00am – 4. 30pm)
  Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive
• History and Hagiography; the case of the first Christian Brothers in Ireland (1802 – 1844)’.
  Speaker: Daire Keogh
• ‘A new look at the Records of the Landed Estates Courts’.
  Speaker: Aideen Ireland
• ‘Life in the Workhouses of County Meath’.
  Speaker: Rachel Barrett
• ‘Using Local History Sources for Genealogy’
  Speaker: Paul Gorry FIGRS
• Summer Outing Saturday 20th June 2009
  Newbridge House, Donabate, Co. Dublin
  and Boyne Interpretive Centre, Co. Meath.
• Late summer Outing: We participated in a joint outing with the IFHS on
  Saturday 22nd August 2009 (10.00am – 6.30pm):
  Guided walking tour of the Historic Town of Kildare, and Visit to The National Stud and Japanese Gardens

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