Efforts are under way in County Meath to have a new statue of StPatrick installed on the Hill of Tara. The original statue was removedlast year by the Office of Public Works for refurbishment but was foundto have deteriorated beyond repair. Rathfeigh Historical Society hasacted as secretary of a Tara Committee in negotiations with the … Read more
The Third Irish Genealogical Congress will take place on 22-28September 1997 in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. A number ofpresentations on the Famine are planned as part of the 150thanniversary. Another theme will be the seventy-five years work toreconstitute the records destroyed in the Four Courts fire in 1922, aswell as the usual round of excursions, … Read more
Mayo North Family History Research Centre has won the annual MeidhealAward . Established in 1981 as the Crossmolina Historical Society, itsoon developed and set up a multi-faceted centre which included afamily history research unit and a Rural Artefacts Museum. The centrewas officially opened in April 1992 by President Mary Robinson andsince then has gone from … Read more
Cambridge University History Faculty, in association with HistoryIreland, is holding a one day symposium on The Irish Famine andMigration at Queens’ College, Cambridge on Sunday 31 March 1996. Thesymposium forms part of a series of world-wide events to commemoratethe 150th anniversary of the Great Irish Famine. Speakers will includeBrendan Bradshaw, Jim Donnelly, John Belchem, Robert … Read more
The annual school’s competition in history just been launched. It isbeing organised by the Departments of Medieval and Modern History ofTCD in conjunction with the Irish Times. The closing date for thisyear’s competition is Monday 15 April and the application forms andconditions of entry may be obtained by writing to Schools’ Competitionin History, Dept. Teacher … Read more