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 2013

Upcoming

• Autumn Lecture:
  Tuesday 30th October 2012 commencing at 7:00 pm
   
  Making Ireland English: How the Aristocracy shaped Seventeenth Century Ireland – Professor Jane Ohlemeyer
   
  Venue: Seminar Room, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
  All Welcome. Admission Free

  The support of the National Library of Ireland for this event is acknowledged.

• Ireland Branch AGM and Lecture
  Saturday 20 April 2013 – 2. 30pm – 4.30pm
• Genealogy Open Day
  Saturday 25 May 2013 – 10. 00 am – 4. 30 pm

Completed 2012

• Summer Outing:
  Saturday 16th June 2012
  Visit to Locke's Distillery, Kilbeggan, Belvedere House and Fore Mausoleum and Monastic Site, County Westmeath.
  Cost per person: €55 (includes travel by coach, all entrance fees, morning refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea).
  For further details please see booking form.
• Open Day: Saturday 19th May 2012 (10 am - 4. 30 pm).
  Venue: Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
  Programme of four lectures
  10:00: REGISTRATION & COFFEE
  10:20: CHAIRMAN's WELCOME
  10:30 - 11:10: "Digitising a treasure trove: The Chief Secretary's Office registered papers" - Speaker: Nigel Johnston
  11:15 - 11:55: "Crime and punishment: Ireland's prison and petty sessions records" - Speaker: Brian Donovan
  12:00 - 13:30: " LUNCH (at own expense)
  13:45 - 14:25: "A myriad of sources for early Irish marriages" - Speaker: Roz McCutcheon
  14:30 - 15:10: "Sources for adoption and fostering in Ireland" - Speaker: Anna Austin
  15:20 - 16:00: ASK THE EXPERTS - Question and Answer Session.
  All Welcome. Admission Free.
• Spring Lecture: Tuesday 27 March 2012 commencing at 7:00 pm.
  Military Manoeuvers – Placing Ireland's Military Records Online — Captain Stephen Mac Eoin
  Venue: Seminar room, National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

  The support of the National Library of Ireland for this event is acknowledged.

• AGM and Lecture: Saturday 21 April 2012
  AGM commencing at: 2:30 pm (members only)
  Lecture commencing at: 3:15 pm (all welcome)
  The Landed Estate Court Rentals: now digitised, but still a much underused source – Aideen Ireland
  Venue: Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

Completed 2011

• Open Day:
  Saturday 21st May 2011 (10. 00am – 4. 30pm)
  Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St., D. 2
  Programme of four lectures
  10.000: REGISTRATION & COFFEE
  10.20: CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME
  10.30 – 11.10: "Unusual & Strange Sources for genealogy" – Speaker: Jim Ryan
  11.15 – 11.55: "PRONI: A new beginning" – Speaker: Rob Davison
  12.00 – 13.30 – Lunch (at own expense)
  13.45 – 14.25: "Tracing the Irish in Worls War one" –Speaker: John Goodman
  14.30 – 15.10: "Sources for wills in the National Archives" – Speaker: Aideen Ireland
  15.20 – 16.00: Ask the experts! – Question and Answer Session
• Summer Outing:
  Saturday 18th June 2011
  Visit to Kilkenny Castle, St Canice's Cathedral and Woodstock Gardens, County Kilkenny
  Cost per person: €55 (includes travel by coach, all entrance fees, morning refreshments, lunch and afternoon tea).
  For further details see booking form.

• AGM & Lecture:
  Saturday 16th April 2011 at 2. 30pm & 3.15 pm
  Seminar Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St., D. 2
  ‘Settlement Patterns on the Hook, County Wexford’.
  Speaker: Dr Billy Colfer.
• Reception to mark the 75th Anniversary of the foundation of the Society.
  Thursday 31 March 2011
  National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
  The Guest of honour was the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese who was made a Fellow of the Society.

Completed 2010

• Autumn Lecture – National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin – Genealogy – The Latest Innovations from Utah – Keith Withington
• Summer outing 26 June 2010 – Tintern Abbey, Dunbrody Abbey and J.F.K. Arboretum, County Wexford
• 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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