ISSN 1649-7937
Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann “Cuimhnigí ar Ár Sinnsir—Remember Our Ancestors”
Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette (incorporating “The Genie Gazette”) www.familyhistory.ie
Vol. 16 No. 5
Bealtaine : Maiatz : May 2021
Decade of Centenaries—Local Publications Thankfully, we are on the road to opening up with the gradual lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions in Ireland. It has been hard on all sections of society and, indeed, much more so on those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 over the past fifteen months. The pandemic hit during two very important years of the ‘decade of centenaries’ which would have seen many commemorative events, seminars and public lectures organised marking aspects of the War of Independence. However, as we draw towards the dates of the centenaries of some of the more controversial and, possibly still very divisive, events of the Irish revolutionary period, we would have expected a flurry of local history publications and commemorative booklets. Online events and Zoom seminars are excellent, however, they cannot been seen as a substitute for locally produced published works on the period, people and places associated with these historic events. These publications are invaluable contributions to our knowledge and understanding of the period as they are steeped in locally sourced information and sometimes, drawing on inaccessible privately held papers, photographs and, especially, diaries.
The proceedings of any commemorative events that were held online are of immense importance to the study of the period, however, it is unclear how much of this invaluable material has been recorded for future research. The accounts of the organisation of local commemorative events and their accompanying publications, including brochures and invitational booklets, can be lost to a wider research community if care is not taken to record the event and to collect all publications. For example, the recent unveiling by the Cllr. Una Power, Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, of a stunningly impressive newly commissioned statue of Roger Casement, has a very interesting backstory given the previous statue of Casement that was to be erected in Dún Laoghaire now stands in the village of Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry. Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is to be commended on the commissioning of this work for erection at the site of the old Dún Laoghaire Baths currently undergoing restoration as a new public amenity and coast walkway. Around the country, communities and the local authorities are erecting monuments, plaques or memorials to mark these important centenaries. Whilst, local authorities or state bodies, like Iarnród Éireann (Irish Railways), will ensure that copies of any publications or brochures will end up in the local County Library and, hopefully, the National Library of Ireland, many community organisations may overlook the need to deposit their publications. Hopefully, the County and City Librarians in each area will proactively seek out and collect these publications while they are still available?
OPEN MEETINGS Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute (but for now via Zoom) Cumberland Street, Dún Laoghaire Tuesday 11 May 2021 (Zoom) —20.00hrs Tuesday 8 June 2021 (Zoom)—20.00hrs _______________________________________________________________________
Royal Marine Hotel (now Zoom) Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire
GENEALOGY HERALDRY VEXILLOLOGY SOCIAL HISTORY Heritage Matters Book Reviews Open Meetings News & Events DATA PROTECTION The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on May 25th 2018. The Board, under Res: 18/05/1380, advises Members that the Society holds the following records on its Members (1) Name; (2) Address; (3) Telephone Number; (4) Email Address and (5) the name of the Associate Member, if applicable, and that such records are only used for the purpose of contacting Members on Society matters and for the dispatch of the Monthly Newsletter and the Annual Journal and furthermore, that these records are only held by the Director of Membership Services and are inaccessible to all other persons and that, the Society does not share this information with any other individual or organisation. Records are also held for contractual necessity to deliver paid services.
IRISH DNA ATLAS Checkout the short video clip and the lectures on the Irish DNA Atlas project on the Society’s YouTube Channel—
www.youtube.com/c/ GenealogicalSocietyOfIrelandGSI
In this issue……. • • • • • • • • • • •
“Archive Drop-Ins” Offer from Mercier Press Précis of April Lecture Reprinted in Paperback Board News & Update Open Meetings up to Sept James Scannell Reports.. DIB—Irish Biographies Maeve Flannery, RIP Mobile Phone Deals GSI Board Members
Wednesday 26 May (Zoom) —11.00hrs
GSI ARCHIVE DROP-IN Wednesdays 11.00hrs UTC+1 via Zoom See page 2
Wednesday 23 June (Zoom)—11.00hrs Contribution €5.00 p.p. (Donations via www.familyhistory.ie)
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“ARCHIVE DROP-INS”
OFFER FROM MERCIER
The Board has been hugely encouraged by the attendance at our first two “Drop-Ins” via Zoom with the numbers more than doubling in just two weeks. These informal weekly “Drop-Ins” are only for fully paid up Members and they are designed to allow you to join the Zoom meeting at any time between 11.00hrs and 12.00hrs on Wednesdays—with the exception of the fourth Wednesday due to the Monthly Morning Open Meeting.
‘Someone Has to Die for This, Dublin: November 1920 – July 1921’ by Derek Molyneux and Darren Kelly, due for release in June is being offered at the pre-order price of €17.99 over the regular price of €19.99 via the Mercier Press web-site www.mercierpress.ie
Members receive an email from the Director of Membership Services each week with access details. Members can send in their research query in advance to Archivist@familyhistory.ie
This book covers the final frenetic months of Dublin’s War of Independence, in uncompromising, unflinching, and unprecedented detail and is the sequel to the earlier ‘Killing at its Very Extreme, Dublin: October 1917 – November 1920’ by the same authors and also published by Mercier Press. James Scannell
Please Stay Safe—We’ll Stay Connected via Zoom & Teams
Two Important Works—Reprinted in Paperback It is great to see that these two important works have been reprinted in paperback by Four Courts Press. Appealing to two totally different readerships. The first one primarily for the medievalist, but of interest to the local historian, and the second one for the political historian and those researching the Irish diaspora, particularly in New York. ‘William Marshal and Ireland’ – edited by John Bradley, Coilin Ó Drisceoil and Michael Potterton. New Paperback edition. ISBN: 987-1-84682-961-1 : 368pp. : Colour Ills. P/bk. €29.95 : Web-price €26.95 : due for publication on 28th May 2021. This richly illustrated collection of essays examines for the first time the important Irish career of one of the most famous personalities of medieval Europe, William Marshal (c.1146–1219). The Marshal, with his wife Isabel de Clare, transformed the lordship of Leinster by the sword but also through the establishment of castles, churches, towns and strategic infrastructure, as well as the institution of a new administrative framework that stabilised the Anglo-Norman colony. The essays in this book, by leading historians and archaeologists, present the Marshal in a new light – one that differs substantially from his better known persona as the ‘greatest knight that ever lived’ and a ‘flower of chivalry’. Cóilín Ó Drisceoil is the director of Kilkenny Archaeology. The late John Bradley was a senior lecturer in the Department of History, Maynooth University. Michael Potterton is a lecturer in that department. ‘Irish-American Diaspora Nationalism: The Friends of Irish Freedom, 1916-1935’ by Michael Doorley. New Paperback edition. ISBN: 978-1-84682-982-6 : 224pp. : P/bk. €24.95 : Web-price €21.20. This book traces the history of the Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF), an Irish-American nationalist movement launched in New York in 1916. At its peak, the organisation claimed 275,000 members and became one of the most effective propaganda machines in Irish-American history. Sinn Féin leaders in America, like Eamon de Valera, believed that the Friends should be used to secure ‘the great lever of American opinion’ in support of Irish objectives in the United States. Meanwhile, the leadership of the Friends, seeing themselves as Americans first, resented the dictation of Sinn Féin representatives in the US. In October of 1920, in an atmosphere of mutual recrimination, Sinn Féin publicly severed its ties with the Friends. Events in Ireland influenced the development of the Friends; 1916 Rising and War of Independence are examined. Sinn Féin representatives in the US, preoccupied by events in Ireland, failed to appreciate the importance of the US social and political milieu in shaping the nationalist outlook of the Friends – an American outlook central to the foundation and history of the movement. Michael Doorley is an Associate Lecturer in History with the Open University in Ireland and a graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
FOUR COURTS PRESS Irish History, Genealogy, Local History and much more. Checkout the 2021 online catalogue and the wonderful special offers at www.fourcourtspress.ie
GSI BOARD NEWS & UPDATES The Board of Directors held its first ever morning meeting on Thursday May 6th 2021 at 11.00hrs via Zoom. The June meeting will likewise be held in the morning, however, that meeting will fix the timings of the meetings until the April 2022 Board meeting. The Board was advised that all the requirements to meet the Society’s obligations under the Companies Act, 2014 have been met in respect of its ARD with the Companies Registration Office. Audit exemption will be sought in relation to the accounts for the period ending 31 December 2021. The Deputy General Secretary, Paula Jones, represented the Society at the INAR - Irish Network Against Racism webinar and a report on the meetings is available on the INAR website www.inar.ie Paula also attend the webinar hosted by the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) and will be progressing networking opportunities from both webinars. Paula Jones also made a presentation to the Board on the plan to formulate a new Development Plan for the Society for the years 2021 to 2026 and will work on this very important issue over the coming months. The Deputy General Secretary will be consulting with each of the Directors and Non-Executive Officers on the plan. The Board heard that the first two “Archive DropIns” were enormously successful. Now held each Wednesday morning, except on the 4th Wednesday,
Members can drop-in to a Zoom session to seek advice or to discuss their research. A newly created “in-house” research facility for the Board of Directors was agreed. The ‘Calendar of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Genealogical Society of Ireland’ or “CORSOC” for short, has the details of every resolution adopted by the Board since incorporation in 2000. Besides being a resource for portfolio-holders, it is a signposting facility for the Minutes of the meetings of Board from 2000. “CORSOC” used in conjunction with “Hall’s Index” to ‘Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette’ and the online search facility to its predecessor, ‘The Genie Gazette’, will provide the Board members with access to, what is in essence, the “corporate memory” of the Society. The Board has requested that the Leas-Chathaoirleach, James Walsh, as Health & Safety Officer & COVID19 Officer, and the Director of Archival Services & education, Ann O’Neill, prepare a reopening plan for An Daonchartlann for presentation at the June meeting of the Board. The Deputy General Secretary is finalising the format for the “President’s Forum on Funding’ where Members and others will consider long-term funding options for the Society. The forum will look at strategic financial planning to achieve a permanent home for the Society and to provide sustainable revenue streams. The next Board meeting will be on June 3rd 2021.
Précis of the April Lecture As we await the uploading of the recordings of the most recent lectures, here is a brief outline of April lecture. The full recordings of all the recent will be published on the Society’s YouTube channel in due course. On Tuesday 13 April 2021, going back to a “DNA theme” Members heard a very interesting talk by Gerard Corcoran, MGSI, of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG). The focus of Gerard’s presentation was on understanding the services and products provided by the various commercial DNA testing companies, including FTDNA. Gerard provided an overview of the many pieces of information you receive when you get your DNA results. This includes an ethnicity estimate, deep genetic origins going back millennia, suggested and confirmed relationships and access to the “raw DNA data”. The presentation brought us through the various features, explaining each, showing their relevance to our research and critically, how to interpret the results to get the most from your purchase. As technology improves and the data becomes more refined, Gerard Corcoran will be invited back to continue this journey for us.
ANNUAL JOURNAL 2021 The Board sincerely apologises for the delay in publishing the Annual Journal for 2021. The Director of the Monthly Open Meetings & the GSI Lecture Programme, Séamus Moriarty, FGSI, is working at convening a meeting of the Select Committee very soon. This Select Committee was established under Res: 21/01/1541 and tasked with obtaining suitable items for publication in the Society’s Annual Journal for publication in a digital format. Although, there has been a delay in the production of the JGSI 2021, GSI Members are still encouraged to contribute items for publication. Articles on specific research, particular resources, family histories or, indeed, photographs of the Society’s activities over the past thirty years for a photomontage. Please e-mail your items for publication to JGSI2021@familyhistory.ie Thank You!
GSI SHORT VIDEO CLIPS The Society recently produced a range of short video clip presentations on aspects of the Society’s activities, history and future objectives. To date there are eleven YouTube video clips ranging in length from around one to five minutes each. Of the eleven presentations produced, two were for internal training/information purposes, one is being redone because of a glitch, and the remaining eight are all available on the Society’s YouTube channel. To view the videos and hopefully, to ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ them, and to ‘Subscribe’ to our YouTube channel—please checkout:
www.YouTube.com/c/ GenealogicalSocietyOfIrelandGSI
GSI ON INSTAGRAM The Society has been expanding its presence across all social media platforms to get its message out promoting the study of genealogy, heraldry, vexillology and related subjects. We are delighted to announce that the GSI is now on Instagram and attracting a steady flow of followers. Please checkout this link:
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In Brief…. GSI MEMBERSHIP Join on-line at www.familyhistory.ie Please note that GSI Membership is open to all interested in genealogy and related subjects. Discounted membership rates available for under 25s and students at recognised genealogy courses.
MAY LECTURES James Scannell advises that due to current Government restrictions and public health measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the events listed in his report are being held online or via Zoom - donation/charge may apply. Check the websites of each for further information.
Some of the Archival Collections in An Daonchartlann, Loughlinstown. (Photo: Tom Conlon)
GSI OPEN MEETINGS
James Scannell Reports...
Due to the restrictions the Society’s Monthly Open Meetings are now held via ZOOM
Tuesday May 11th—Evening open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) Daniel Horowitz — MyHeritage.com—resources for research. Wednesday May 26th—Morning Open Meeting 11.00hrs (Zoom) - Informal general discussion on family history and related matters. Tuesday June 8th —Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) James Scannell on ‘Published local history—a much overlooked resource for the genealogist?’. Wednesday June 23rd —Morning Open Meeting 11.00hrs (Zoom) - Informal general discussion on family history and related matters. Tuesday July 13th —Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) Pat Scanlan ‘Scanlan Families of Castlemahon, Co. Limerick & USA, famine, emigration, Fenianism, poetry and life’. Wednesday July 28th—Morning Open Meeting—11.00hrs (Zoom)—Informal general discussion on family history and related matters. Tuesday August 10th —Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) Francis M. O’Donnell—’The O’Donnells—A Hidden Legacy’. Wednesday August 25th—Morning Open Meeting—11.00hrs (Zoom)— Informal general discussion on family history and related matters.
ZOOM MEETINGS The Membership Director, Barry O’Connor, FGSI, will email Members to log in to Zoom for the two Open Meetings listed above. The lectures are open to the public and the access details are available on request by email from Membership@Familyhistory.ie The Society’s Director of Open Meetings is Séamus Moriarty, FGSI, who would welcome comments or suggestions on the GSI Lecture Programme—Eolas@familyhistory.ie Members may send their research queries in advance for the Morning Open Meeting by email to Archivist@familyhistory.ie The GSI Lecture Programme is recorded for the Society’s YouTube Channel as a free, publicly accessible educational and research resource. In addition to the above Monthly Open Meetings, the Society hosts “Archive Drop-In” Zoom meetings each Wednesday, except 4th Weds, for Members only between 11.00hrs and 12.00hrs.
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FINGAL LIBRARIES FAMILY HISTORY WEBINARS—FIONA FIZTSIMONS 19.00hrs on Tuesday 11 May - ‘Evidence in gravestones and burial records’ and 19.00hrs on Tuesday 18 May - ‘Evidence in newsprint’, book via www.eventbrite.ie FOXROCK LOCAL HISTORY CLUB Tony Keane will present a short talk ‘The Vartry to Stillorgan Water Works’ at 20.00hrs on Tuesday 11 May - access obtained by email to info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie. Liz Gillis will give a long talk ‘The burning of the Customs House, Dublin’ at 20.00hrs on Tuesday 18 May - access obtained by email info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie. SKERRIES HISTORICAL SOCIETY Dominic McQuillan will present ‘They’re Off Horse Racing in Skerries 1854 - 1925’ at 20.15hrs on Tuesday 11 May - members only. THE OLD DUBLIN SOCIETY Liz Gillis will present ‘The Burning of the Custom House, Dublin, May 25th 1921’ at 19.30hrs on Wednesday 12 May - members only. THURSDAY ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS 13.00hrs on Thursday 13 May: ‘Town and country in later Medieval Ireland’ presented by Michael Potterton, Jim Galloway and Margaret Murphy. 13.00hrs on Thursday 20 May: ‘Lawyers, merchants and peasants: town and country interaction in early modern Ireland’ presented by Raymond Gillespie and Brendan Scott. 13.00hrs on Thursday 27 May: ‘Dublin Suburbs in Modern Ireland’ presented by Ruth McManus, Frank Cullen, and Seamás Ó Maitiú, introduced by Colm Lennon. 19.00hrs on Thursday 27 May: ‘Why should historians also study the countryside?’ presented by Chris Dyer. Registration via the Royal Irish Academy website www.ria.ie OFFALY HIST. & ARCH. SOCIETY Kevin O’Dwyer and Griffin Murray will present ‘St. Manchan’s Shrine, Boher’ at 19.30hrs on Monday 17 May - access obtained by email to info@offalyhistory.com.
Publications ‘1921 - 2021 Centenary Souvenir Editor of Ireland’s Own magazine - A Bloody Conflict’ - Part 6 of the ‘Birth of a Nation’ Series, Editors Seán Nolan and Shea Tomkins, published by Ireland’s Own, €4.25. This is the latest addition to the ongoing Ireland’s Own annual special ‘Birth of a Nation’ series of publications covering events in Ireland between 1916 and 1922 with this issue looking at Ireland in 1921 as the country entered its third calendar year in the War of Independence with no apparent let up in the violence as the people of Ireland continued to endure suffering and headache associated with death and destruction. The first six months of 1921 saw a continuation of the IRA attacks and ambushes across the country and the inevitably counter-attacks by Crown forces frequently carried out in the form of reprisals against the civilian population. But by the summer conflict stalemate opened the doors for political negotiations with the Truce in July enabling this to take place culminating
later in December with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Peace Treaty. Contributors and articles featured in this 96-page special issue include: Gerry Breen - ‘1921 was a momentous year in Ireland’ and ‘The World in 1921’; Seán Beattie ‘Everyday life in 1921’, Viscount Fitzalan - The first Catholic and last Viceroy’, Sir James Craig. Founding Father of Northern Ireland’, and A Paper War - The fight for the hearts and minds of the people’; Colm Power They were born in 1921’ and ‘They Died in 1921’; Eoin Swithin Walsh - ‘The Friary Street [Kilkenny City] Ambush’, Garryricken House [Co. Kilkenny] - The Great Shootout’, ‘Death Stalks the Kilkenny Hills’, ‘A Truce? Reactions and Celebrations around the country’, and ‘Tunnel to Freedom - The Great Kilkenny Jailbreak’; Seán Ryan - ‘A Botched Attack in Drumcondra [Dublin]’; Denis O’Shaughnessy - Massacre in Dromkeen [Co. Limerick]’; Éamon Ó Buadhacháin - ‘Frances Kyle - First Woman Called to the Bar’, The first week of action in the new League of Ireland’, Irish Cinema in 1921’, ‘Survival of a Small Town [Drumlish, Co. Longford]’, The Death of Barney Armstrong - the “Drumlish Troupadour”, ‘Ireland and the Celtic Congress’; Eamonn Duggan - ‘The Burning of the Custom House [Dublin]’, ‘Conflict Ends and Peace is Pursued’, ‘The Founding of the Football Association of Ireland’, ‘The Truce: Peace Comes at Last’, ‘Ulster. An outpost of the War of Independence’, ‘The Anglo-Irish Treaty. Ireland’s Destiny in the Hands of Politicians’ and ‘Observations on the Social and Economic Fabric of the Country. An analysis of the Annual Report of the Registrar General for 1921’; Mary Angland - ‘Two Boxes on the Line’ ; Tom O’Neill - ‘The Battle of Clonmult - The IRA’s worst defeat’ ; Pauline Murphy ‘The death of “Kitty” O’Shea’ and , ‘Songs of 1921 - Songs of the War of Independence’; by Patrick O’Neill - ‘When Paddy Cahill ordered the IRA to “ Burn the [Castleisland] Library Down” ’; Con McGrath ‘Comdt. Patrick Callaghan - the man who fried frozen gelignite’ and ‘John Keegan. The Westmeath Blacksmith who made the his own keys to escape from a British Gaol during the War of Independence’; Dr. Richard McElligott - ‘A Bloody Climax - War in the Final Months of the Independence Struggle; Dominic Price - ‘John Pierce; Spy, informer or simply a frightened young man’, ‘Guerrilla Commander Michael Kilroy’ and Sir Alfred Cope - A “bridge builder” who looked to the future rather than the past’; Michael Dwyer - ‘The Parliament of Southern Ireland, June 28th 1921’; Brian McCabe - ‘GAA badly hampered - Very Little Club Activity - No AllIreland Finals’; Margaret Franklin - ‘Shot only for the company she kept’; Paula Redmond - ‘Thomas Whelan and the Burning of Clifden [Co. Galway]’; Paul Craven ‘The Treaty. 100 years later is the Treaty still in force?’ Copies of this of Ireland’s Own special issue can be obtained/ordered from newsagents or ordered directly from Ireland’s Own at 053-9140140, via their website www.irelandsown.ie, or write to Ireland’s Own, Channing House, Upper Rowe Street, Wexford Y35 TH2A. This is really a fascinating and engrossing publication looking at Ireland in 1921 and is an essential acquisition for those collecting or with a collection of books on the War of Independence. Back issue of the 1919-2019 and the 1920-2020 special issues are still available and can be ordered from Ireland’s Own at the above contact addresses.
TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS by John Grenham, MA, MAPGI, FIGRS, FGSI The Society strongly recommends to anyone embarking on their family history quest that one essential piece of kit must be, without doubt, a copy of the FIFTH edition of ‘Tracing Your Irish Ancestors’. Please checkout the website www.gillmacmillan.com Price €24.99 [RRP].
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DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY This is exceptionally good news for all students of Irish history, politics, culture and, indeed, of all disciplines—the Royal Irish Academy has made the Dictionary of Irish Biography freely accessible online at www.dib.ie The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is a project of the Royal Irish Academy. It tells the island’s life story through the biographies, at home and overseas, of prominent men and women born in Ireland, north and south, and the noteworthy Irish careers of those born outside Ireland. The chronological scope of the DIB extends from the earliest times to the twenty-first century. Living persons are not included. Biographies range in length from 200 to 15,000 words, covering diverse figures across a broad range of human activity from scientists to sportspeople, suffragists to soldiers. Launched in 2009 after many years of research by hundreds of contributors, the DIB’s online edition now features nearly 11,000 lives and continues to grow. The DIB regularly publishes new entries on important figures who have died in recent times, and on ‘missing persons’: previously overlooked figures deserving fresh interest. As well as its online database, eleven volumes were published by Cambridge University Press to date. Access to this wonderful resource will be hugely welcomed by the Irish at home and overseas. Checkout the other publications of the Royal Irish Academy, founded 1785, on www.ria.ie
MAEVE FLANNERY, RIP The President, Cathaoirleach and the Board extend their deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Maeve (Julia Mary) Flannery (née Doyle) who passed away on Wednesday 14th April 2021. Maeve, from Wicklow Town, was one of the earliest Members of the Society joining in 1991 at an Open Meeting held in the Hotel Victor. At the time Maeve was undertaking the Genealogy Diploma Course delivered by Seán Murphy, MA, at University College Dublin. Such was her energy and enthusiasm for family history that she later spearheaded
the foundation of the Wicklow County Genealogical Society in September 1994. Maeve was the unrivalled “go to person” for sources on Wicklow local history and genealogy and she was a very active member of the Wicklow Historical Society. A really lovely, kind, warm and generous person, Maeve will be very sadly missed by all of her very wide circle of friends in County Wicklow and beyond. Maeve Flannery was buried in Rathnew Cemetery on Friday 16th April 2021 following a Funeral Mass held at St. Patrick’s Church in Wicklow Town. RIP.
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and always considers options for fund raising and grant applications. The possibility of crowdfunding for specific projects is being considered. However, in the meantime it was decided to appeal to our Members and friends. Donations can be made via the Society’s website or by cheque to the Genealogical Society of Ireland and forwarded to the General Secretary at: 11, Desmond Ave., Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland, A96 AD76. If you’ve already donated—Many Thanks!
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“HALL’S INDEX” The “Gazette” is Ireland’s longest running monthly genealogical newsletter and it is read by thousands each month around the world. The past issues of the Society’s newsletter from 1996 to 2016 had been fully indexed by the late Brendan Hall, MGSI. The “Hall’s Index” now includes all issues right up to date and is available on www.familyhistory.ie Although we’re not members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), the team at the “Gazette” always endeavour to operate in accordance with the NUJ Code of Conduct www.nuj.org.uk/about/nuj-code/ and in line with the 'National Policy Statement on Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland' which was endorsed by the Genealogical Society of Ireland back in June 2014 soon after its launch at the Royal Irish Academy. (see the June 2014 issue of the “Gazette” at www.familyhistory.ie)
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