Mayo North Family History Research Centre has won the annual Meidheal Award . Established in 1981 as the Crossmolina Historical Society, it soon developed and set up a multi-faceted centre which included a family history research unit and a Rural Artefacts Museum. The centre was officially opened in April 1992 by President Mary Robinson and … Read more
Cambridge University History Faculty, in association with History Ireland, is holding a one day symposium on The Irish Famine and Migration at Queens’ College, Cambridge on Sunday 31 March 1996. The symposium forms part of a series of world-wide events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Irish Famine. Speakers will include Brendan Bradshaw, … Read more
Papers are invited for a conference on Ideology and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century to be held at UCG between 28 June and 30 June1996. Those wishing to contribute to the conference should send an abstract of not more than 300 words, before 1 March 1996 to Tadgh Foley or Sean Ryder, Dept. of English, … Read more
The annual school’s competition in history has just been launched. It is being organised by the Departments of Medieval and Modern History of TCD in conjunction with the Irish Times. The closing date for this year’s competition is Monday 15 April and the application forms and conditions of entry may be obtained by writing to … Read more
Dublin-in-Print is holding an exhibition to formally launch its project which was established in December 1994 with the aim of creating a database index for The Freeman’s Journal. The exhibition will consist of a collection of articles from The Freeman’s Journal outlining the various issues which the paper reported upon in the winter of 1846/7. … Read more