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More useful resources added to Cork Past & Present 27 Aug 2013 | 01:06 pm
From Guy's Directory 1935 Cork City Libraries has added more very useful resources to its excellent Cork Past and Present free online catalogue. They are: Guy's Directory for both 1925 and 1935 are ...
Events & lectures for the week ahead (26 Aug - 1 Sept) 26 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
In the aftermath of a very busy Heritage Week, you might think there's nothing on between now and the end of August. There's certainly a lull, but there are still some interesting events to enjoy: Mo...
More Clare graveyard inscriptions available online 26 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
Nearly 400 headstone inscriptions from Kilraghtis Graveyard (Barefield, Ennis, Co Clare) have been transcribed and published on the Clare Library website (here) with free access. The transcriptions ar...
Ancestors from Shanagolden? Check this estate listing 26 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
Another of Flyleaf Press's 'Small Sources' research discoveries has been revealed on the publisher's blog. This latest one is a list of labourers and payments made to them from the Spring-Rice Estate...
Northern Ireland: August bank holiday arrangements 23 Aug 2013 | 04:21 pm
Northern Ireland enjoys a bank holiday on Monday 26 August. Archives and research facilities used by family historians will be closed/open over the long weekend, as follows: PRONI: Closes normal time...
The memorials of St Mary's, Gowran: talk 24 Aug 23 Aug 2013 | 03:05 pm
A talk about the memorials in St Mary's churchyard, Gowran, County Kilkenny will be held at the church at 2pm tomorrow as part of Heritage Week. Mary Casteleyn, Vice-Preseident and Fellow of the Iris...
Limerick City's Mount St Lawrence database is live 22 Aug 2013 | 04:04 pm
As promised last month (see blogpost), Limerick City Archives has launched its online, fully searchable and free database of the Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery records. More than 70,000 burial records h...
NAI-based paper conservation internship offered 20 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
The National Archives of Ireland, on behalf of the Valuation Office and in conjunction with the Heritage Council, is offering an internship in paper conservation to a graduate in paper or archives con...
Dog licence registers make debut on FindMyPast.ie 16 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
FindMyPast Ireland has launched the dog licence registers of the Petty Sessions courts. They've not been available online before, so they represent a brand new source for many Irish family historians....
Heritage Week: a feast of genealogy for all 16 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Heritage Week kicks off tomorrow with 1700 events taking place. The genealogy events list below is by no means exhaustive, merely a taster of talks and workshops advised to me directly or that I've pi...
