Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (Samhain : Mis Du : November 2022)

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. 17 No. 11

Samhain : Mis Du : November 2022

“Todos Podemos Tener Nuestro Escudo” The Board, at its meeting on November 3rd 2022, appointed Dr. Antonio Salmerón Cabañas of Madrid, Spain, to the position of Honorary Herald of the Genealogical Society of Ireland and as an

ex-officio member of the College of Fellows.

Dr Salmerón Cabañas, SHA, FGSI, is a noted expert on heraldry, a renowned heraldic artist, and a member of the Society of Heraldic Arts. He is also an expert witness on heraldic matters for the Courts of Justice of the Kingdom of Spain.

As professional heraldic artist, Dr Salmerón Cabañas, has undertaken commissions from all

around the world, including from Ireland.

The motto on his own website www.blason.es is “Todos Podemos tener nuestro escudo” which translates as “We all can have our coat-of-arms” highlighting his strong advocacy for the popular use of heraldry by individuals, businesses, clubs and other bodies— but properly designed and adhering to the rules of heraldry in respect of tinctures, styles and traditions.

Dr Salmerón Cabañas advises those wishing to have a coat-of-arms and, for whatever reason, cannot obtain arms from a state heraldic authority, to consult with professional heraldic artists on the design of the arms.

This appointment is timely as the Society will soon launch its nationwide heraldic survey, the first of its kind in Ireland, and undoubtedly the professional advice of the Society’s new Honorary Herald will be invaluable to the success of this new group project.

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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.

GSI ON YOUTUBE

MONTHLY MEETINGS

The Society’s lectures and some informational short videos were uploaded to our 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

EVENING OPEN MEETING

The Society has been expanding its presence across all social media platforms and we’re on Instagram!

Please checkout this link: www.instagram.com/ GenSocIreland

VEXILLOLOGY

MAYNOOTH STUDIES IN LOCAL HISTORY

Did you know that Membership of this Society is open to all with an interest in family history, heraldry, vexillology (study of flags and emblems) and related subjects?

Did you know that Membership is open to anyone living in Ireland or overseas and with Irish ancestry or with ancestors from anywhere in the world? All are most welcome.

Did you know that Student Membership is also available at 50% off the subscription?

Please checkout: www.familyhistoty.ie ֍ Email: membership@familyhistory.ie

ON INSTAGRAM

HERALDRY

Four Courts Press has just published six new volumes in the highly recommended ‘Maynooth Studies in Local History’ series—numbers 154 to 159—see page 2.

‘Nathaniel Colgan, 1851-1919—The lift, times and genealogy of an enigmatic Dubliner’ by John Colgan.

‘The burning of Knockcroghery village, Co. Roscommon, 1921’ by Regina Donlon.

‘Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641—The crisis, decline and fall of Irish lordship’ by David Heffernan.

‘Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1881-1922’ by Lisa McGeeney.

‘Modest and civil people’- Religion and society in Medieval Galway’ by Rachel Moss and Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB. ‘Thomas Connolly (1823-76) of Castletown House and the social networking of power’ by Suzanne M. Pegley

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GENEALOGY

(via Zoom) Tuesday 8 November —20.00hrs Tuesday 13 December —20.00hrs _______________________________________________________________________

MORNING OPEN MEETING (via Zoom) Wednesday 23 November 2022 —11.00hrs

ARCHIVE DAYS Gerard Corcoran, MGSI, Director of Archival Services & Education, and his team reopened An Daonchartlann on Wednesdays to Members and the public. If volunteers are secured for other days, we will expand opening times. See page 4.

In this issue…….

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Youth Congress in Madrid Maynooth Guides Membership Package GSI Board News Election of Fellows Open Meetings Schedule Zoom Meetings James Scannell Reports..

Précis of October Lecture Mobile Phone Deals GSI Board Members

Wednesday 25 January 2023 —11.00hrs Contribution €5.00 p.p.

(Donations via www.familyhistory.ie)

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“ARCHIVE DROP-INS”

Real Asociación de Hidalgos de España (Royal Association of Gentry of Spain) is currently organising the 1st International Congress of Young Genealogists.

It will take place in the wonderful city of Madrid on 17 and 18 February 2023.

The event is hosted in collaboration with the International Confederation of Genealogy and Heraldry, the International Academy of Genealogy, the International Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry and the International Institute of Genealogy and Family History.

The theme of the congress will be "Retrospective, actuality and future of a historiographic science".

For further information, including the submission of congress papers (wonderful opportunity), please see https://www.congresojovenesgenealogistas2023.es/

The weekly “Drop-Ins” hosted by Eddie Gahan, FGSI, Director of the Outreach Programme, are hugely popular with our Members around the world.

These informal weekly “Drop-Ins” are only for fully paid up Members and are designed to allow you to join the Zoom meeting at any time between 11.00hrs and 12.00hrs on Wednesdays.

The “Drop-In” on the 4th Wednesday is a publicly accessible ‘Drop-In’ for Members and visitors alike.

Visitors can email membership@familyhistory.ie for the link to this Zoom meeting on the 4th Wednesday.

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

We’ll All Stay Connected Each Week via Zoom

Maynooth Studies in Local History—Nos. 154-156 ‘Nathaniel Colgan, 1851-1919—The life, times and genealogy of an enigmatic Dubliner’

by John Colgan published by Four Courts Press on 21st October 2022 as No. 154 in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. ISBN: 978-1-80151-033-2 : 54pp : P/bk : ills : Catalogue price: €12.95 : Web Price: €11.65.

This book reads like a family history rather than simply a biography of Nathaniel Colgan MRIA, an autodidact, and a renowned botanist. The author is an accomplished genealogist and the administrator of the Colgan DNA project on FTDNA. Colgan is a well-known Co. Offaly surname, however, unlike the majority of the Colgans, Nathaniel’s branch were protestants. Little was known of his early life and family or of his interests beyond botany, marine biology, mountaineering. This study uncovers his hidden past, from his grandfather’s silk-weaving business in Dublin, to his membership of the Gaelic League, and finding a secret police report on him when he supported the promotion of a member of the Volunteers as his successor as head clerk in the Dublin police court.

‘The burning of Knockcroghery village, Co. Roscommon, 1921’ by Regina Donlon published by Four Courts Press on 21st October 2022 as No. 155 in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. ISBN: 978-1-80151-030-1 : 63pp : P/bk : Catalogue price: €12.95 : Web Price: €11.65.

This is an important contribution to our understanding of the complexities of the interwoven tragedies and collateral damage suffered by local communities during the War of Independence. The ‘decade of centenaries’ encouraged and facilitated such studies and, in this case, the author focussed on a particular event that occurred in the early hours of 21st June 1921 when fifteen houses in the village of Knockcroghery were maliciously burned and destroyed. The burning by the Crown forces was in retribution for the shooting of Colonel Commandant Terrence Stanton Lambert on 20th June 1921 at Glasson, Co. Westmeath. This was the highest profile IRA killing in the midlands, according to John Burke, in ‘Roscommon—The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 (also published by Four Courts Press).

‘Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641—The crisis, decline and fall of Irish lordship’ by David Heffernan published by Four Courts Press on 21st October 2022 as No. 156 in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. ISBN: 978-1-80151-029-5 : 88pp : P/bk : ills : Catalogue price: €12.95 : Web Price: €11.65 This book is a must for clan/sept historians of the Sliabh Luachra area of north-west Co. Cork which was dominated until the mid-seventeenth century by the MacDonaghMacCarthy, MacAuliffe, O’Callaghan and O’Keeffe Gaelic chiefdoms. The arrival of the “New English” settler families—Boyles, Percivals and Aldworths and the transformation of the area from one of Gaelic lordships to the new order, not necessarily only by conflict, but through a gradual process of economic, social and political erosion of its power base. This book is well illustrated and provides very useful maps locating the various clan/septs and the newcomers. It also places Duhallow within the context of wider Tudor/Stuart conquest.

FOUR COURTS PRESS Irish History, Genealogy, Local History and much more. Checkout the extensive online catalogue for 2022 and the wonderful special offers at www.fourcourtspress.ie

GSI BOARD NEWS The Board of Directors held its monthly meeting on Thursday November 3rd 2022 at 11.00hrs via Zoom with a very full agenda to get through, including some items deferred from previous meetings.

The General Secretary advised the Board on the Society’s annual report to the Charities Regulatory Authority and the Board, under Res: 22/11/1701, once again endorsed the Charities Governance Code as required.

The Board, under Res: 22/11/1702, amended Res: 21/04/1573 to permit the Board to make the initial appointments to the positions of Honorary Vexillologist and Honorary Herald of the Society. The procedures agreed by the amendment provide for the Board to make the initial appointments to these positions with terms of office of three years each and thereafter, any future appointments or re-appointments will be undertaken by the College of Fellows.

The Board, in accordance with Standing Order 8.ii. and Res: 22/11/1702, duly appointed Dr. Antonio Salermón Cabañas of Madrid, Spain, as Honorary Herald of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, under Res: 22/11/1703, to succeed Mr. Andrew Tully of South Africa and latterly of Australia who was appointed by the Board back in November 2009. Mr. Tully’s term of office ended with the adoption of

Res: 21/02/1555 which introduced fixed terms of office.

The “terms of office resolution” was endorsed by the Annual General Meeting in March 2021.

The General Secretary reported that the review by Barry O’Connor of the Fellows Electoral Roll was completed and therefore, the election of the Board’s five nominees to the College of Fellows agreed under Res: 22/09/1686 may now proceed.

Lua Ó Scolaí advised the Board that the GSI banking facilities have been moved from Ulster Bank to Allied Irish Bank and that all payment systems have been changed accordingly.

After undertaking the Annual Review of the Membership Package, the Board agreed a new package under Res: 22/11/1708 (see information in panel to the right).

Consideration on whether to resume in-person Open Meetings had been deferred several times over the past few months, however, as Res: 22/02/1646 is still in place, providing for only incorporeal Open Meetings for a period of twelve months, it was agreed under Res: 22/11/1709, to postpone any decision on the matter to the Board Meeting scheduled for Thursday 2nd February 2023.

The next Board Meeting will be held on Thursday December 1st 2022 at 11.00hrs via Zoom.

General Secretary

MEMBERSHIP PACKAGE Each year in November, the Board is required to review the Membership Package and to agree one for the coming year. Therefore, the following resolution was adopted by the Board at its meeting on Thursday 3rd November 2022.

Res: 22//11/1708 That, the Board agrees to the implementation of the following as part of the Membership Package as and from January 1st 2023 and that all existing fully paid-up Members on that date will have their Membership Packages updated to include all the elements of the new package until the expiry date of their membership.

Understanding that the Society provides Monthly Open Meetings, operates an Archive and Research Centre, publishes newsletters and an annual journal, has Zoom meetings, website and a presence across the social media platforms, the following are the benefits of Membership.

Membership of the Society shall entitle the Member attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting and any general meeting of the Society; stand for election to the Board of the Society; to nominate a family member to be an “Associate Member” of the Society; receive the Monthly Newsletter and the Annual Journal electronically; free use of the Society’s Archive and Research Centre; use of the Members’ Only facilities on the Society’s website; receive a free copy of any new electronic publication by the Society; automatic simultaneous membership of the Society’s Specialist Branches, Heraldry Ireland and Vexillology Ireland; weekly research advice Zoom sessions; monthly evening lectures; monthly morning meeting discussion group meetings; optional members of the GSI Members WhatsApp Group; opportunities to volunteer at the Society’s Archive and Research Centre and at occasional events around Ireland; and to participate in group projects and research initiatives.

The cost of this Membership Package will be €40.00 per annum (based on the date of joining) and a 50% reduction will be offered to persons under 25 years of age and to students of any age attending a recognised genealogical, heraldic, vexillological or local history course. Proof of attendance and/or course registration may be requested. (End Text)

NEXT YEAR’S JOURNAL Members and readers wishing to submit items for publication in the 2023 issue of the GSI Annual Journal are advised to make contact with the Select Committee.

The Select Committee will advise on the word count, format and the procedures regarding any images accompanying the article. Please email: JGSI@familyhistory.ie

ELECTION OF FELLOWS The Board, at its November meeting, adopted Res: 22/11/1704, below, to provide for an election of new Fellows of the Society.

That, the Board agrees to implement Res: 22/09/1686 (election of new fellows) in the following manner: (1) Organising for a Ballot of the College of Fellows to be conducted over three days between 28th and 30th November 2022 to deal with one question whether to endorse or not the Board’s nominees for Fellowship; (2) The said Ballot shall be conducted electronically and the electors advised accordingly by the Director of Membership Services; (3) Arrangements to be made to assist any Fellow without access to the internet; (4) The appointment of two Tellers (Shane Wilson, MGSI and Barry O’Connor, FGSI); (5) The result of the Ballot to be advised to the Board at its meeting scheduled for Thursday 1st December 2022; (6) If the Board’s nominees are endorsed by the College of Fellows, the Cathaoirleach, John Goggins, MGSI, will advise the new Fellows by email of their election to the College of Fellows; (7) Although the Fellowships, if endorsed, shall be effective as and from Thursday 1st December 2022, the ‘Warrants of Appointment” will be prepared for signature by the President of the Society, Stuart Rosenblatt, PC, FGSI, in due course and, (8) Announcement of the election of the new Fellows shall be published in the December 2022 issue of ‘Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette’.

Note: The Board has five nominees for Fellowship, including four Members and one non-Member. The College of Fellows has currently fourteen Members.

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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.

GSI OPEN MEETINGS Society’s Monthly Open Meetings are held via ZOOM to allow the fullest access by Members from Ireland and overseas.

Tuesday November 8th—Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) - ‘Connemara Irish: Despair in the Heartland of Minnesota’ - Jane Kennedy Wednesday November 23rd—Morning Open Meeting—11.00hrs (Zoom)— Informal discussion on family history and related matters.

Tuesday December 13th —Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) Wednesday December 28th —Morning Open Meeting—11.00hrs (Zoom)— Informal discussion on family history and related matters.

Tuesday January 10th —Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) - TBA Wednesday January 25th —Morning Open Meeting—11.00hrs (Zoom)— Informal discussion on family history and related matters.

Tuesday February 14th —Evening Open Meeting—20.00hrs (Zoom) - TBA Wednesday February 22nd—Morning Open Meeting—11.00hrs (Zoom)— Informal discussion on family history and related matters.

Talks will be posted on YouTube.

ZOOM MEETINGS Membership Director, Barry O’Connor, FGSI, will email Members to log in to Zoom for the two Open Meetings.

The lectures are open to the public and the access details are available on request by email from Membership@Familyhistory.ie Suggestions on the Monthly Lecture Programme to: DepGenSec@familyhistory.ie Members may send their research queries in advance for the Morning Open Meeting by email to Archivist@familyhistory.ie The Lecture Programme is recorded for the GSI YouTube Channel as a free, publicly accessible educational resource.

We endeavour to have each lecture up as soon as possible after the event.

IRISH DNA ATLAS Checkout the short video and the lectures on the Irish DNA Atlas project on YouTube Channel—www.youtube.com/ c/GenealogicalSocietyOfIrelandGSI

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Some of the Archival Collections in An Daonchartlann, Loughlinstown. (Photo: Tom Conlon)

James Scannell Reports...

THE OLD DUBLIN SOCIETY Clifton Flewitt will present ‘Dublin’s Trams The First Generation’ at 18.00hrs on Wednesday 09 November in The Conference Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Peadar Curran will present ‘A Visit to Dalkey Island’ at 18.00hrs. on Wednesday November 23rd in the same venue. The AGM will follow this lecture. All are welcome - admission is free to these lectures.

KILMACUD-STILLORGAN LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Cathy Scuffil will present ‘Reflections on the History of Crumlin, Drimnagh, Walkinstown and the Burning of the Halfway House during the War of Independence’ at 20.00hrs on Thursday 10 November in The Function Room, Glenalbyn, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. All are welcome - admission €3.00.

WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION (DUBLIN BRANCH) The annual wreath laying ceremony at the Bray War Memorial, Quinsboro Road, Bray, will take place at 11.00hrs on Saturday 12 November and all are welcome to attend. Denis Kirby will present ‘Private Martin Moffatt, VC, and the Liberation of Ledegum’ at 14.00hrs on Saturday 19 November in The Conference Room, Dublin City Library & Archive, 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. All are welcome FOXROCK LOCAL HISTORY CLUB Dr. Declan Warde will present ‘Dr. Ella Webb: Children need help and I am going to help them’ at 20.00hrs on Tuesday 15 November in Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre, Foxrock, Co. Dublin and on Zoom. Admission is €5.00. The AGM will precede this lecture.

DUN LAOGHAIRE BOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Peter Pearson will present ‘Artefacts and their stories: Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown’ at 20.00hrs on Wednesday 16 November in the Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire. All welcome - admission €5.00 BRAY CUALANN HISTORICAL SOCIETY Brian White will present ‘Police in Bray 18231922/Civic Guard, Garda in Bray since 1922’ at 20.00hrs on Thursday 17 November in The Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

All welcome - admission €5.00.

RATHMINES, RANELAGH & RATHGAR HISTORICAL SOCIETY Brendan Langley will present ‘Our Local Waterways’ at 20.00hrs on Thursday 24 November in Rathmines Town Hall, Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. Members free - visitors €4.00. Swan Centre Car Park Evening Rate: €3.00 from 17.00hrs to Midnight.

MOUNT MERRION HIST. SOCIETY Tim Lynch will present ‘Fionan Lynch’ at 20.00hrs p.m. on Thursday 01 December in The Fitzwilliam Rooms, Mount Merrion Community

Centre, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin.

MILITARY HISTORY SOC. OF IRELAND Anthony Kinsella will present ‘British Army operations in Ireland in 1922-192402’ at 20.00hrs on Friday 02 December 2nd in Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. All are welcome.

RATHMICHAEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Colum Kenny will present ‘Arthur Griffith’ at 20.00hrs on Wednesday 07 December 7th in Rathmichael School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill, Co. Dublin. All are welcome – admission is €5.00 Zoom fee.

BOOK REVIEW ‘Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society Journal, No. 32, 2023’, produced by the Editorial Committee of Seamus O’Connor, Anna Scudds, Colin Scudds, and Maria Hayes, published by the Society, pb, 80 pages, ills, ISSN 0791-3680, €8.00 Dalkey features in two articles ‘The School on Dalkey Commons’ by Dermot O’Riordan’ and ‘Bound and Gagged - The Ordeal of Mary O’Toole th at Dalkey, September 6 1923’ by James Scannell. Other articles in this publication include - ‘Small Shops in Dún Laoghaire’ by Marilyn Nash, ‘Tipperary, Cork and Carlow - September 2021’ by Frances Fletcher, ‘Tragic Death of Edward Ivory at Seapoint Station, 1917’ by James Scannell, ‘Crosthwaite Park, Kingstown’ by Vincent Delaney, ‘Moran Park Pond’ by Derek Traynor, ‘The Old Recipe Book’ by Leticia Pollard, ‘Staffordstown - The Forgotten Village’ by Patrick Donnelly, ‘Did You Notice’ by Seamus Cannon, ‘The Story of a World War One Nurse’ and ‘The Last Corner Shop owner retires’

by Colin Scudds, ‘Peg Flanagan’s Lockdown in Kilmainham Gaol, 1923’ by Michael Hodgins, ‘Commemorating the Founding of An Garda Síochána in 1922’ and ‘William Maher’ by Anna Scudds, ‘Herald or Press’ by Marilyn Nash, and ‘Burnetts - the story of Dún Laoghaire’s oldest pharmacy’ by Philip Lecane.

Copies are on sale in Dún Laoghaire, Monkstown, Eamonn’s Bookshop, Sandycove, and Dalkey News, Dalkey, or via the Society’s own website: www.dunlaoghairehistorical.com

IN THE SHOPS NOW!

James Scannell

TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS

by John Grenham, MA, MAGI, 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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PRÉCIS OF THE OCTOBER LECTURE On 11th October, the Society was delighted to welcome Zoë Reid, Keeper of Public Services and Collections at of the National Archives of Ireland who gave a very interesting talk titled Recovering the archives from the Public Record Office of Ireland. In this centenary year of the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland (PROI) on 30 June 1922, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland was launched and has combined historical research, archival discovery, and technical innovation to create an open-access virtual archive. Ms Reid walked us through the destruction of the Four Courts and the work that was undertaken immediately afterwards to preserve what records could be retrieved.

In describing the document recovery and the conservation challenges facing the National Archives, Ms Reid showed us how papers and manuscripts were wrapped in brown sugar paper, secured with string and labelled, and these documents range from 14th to 20th Century. In 2017, work began on surveying 378 parcels to assess what conservation was needed during the sixteen-week project which was funded by the Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Many challenges remain. Work is proceeding using new technologies to reveal text, technologies including x-ray microtomography, multi-spectral imaging and others. A powerful AI transcription platform, Transkribus is being used to analyse handwritten text and has been successfully applied to the 1766 religious census. The Society would like to thank Ms Reid for a most interesting and educational talk, and we all look forward to seeing new additions to the virtual shelves in the Virtual Record Treasury in the coming years.

Checkout the full lecture on the Society’s YouTube Channel (see bottom of page 1).

Paula Jones, MGSI

THE SOCIETY’S ANNUAL JOURNAL The 2022 (Vol. 23) edition of the Society’s Annual Journal was published last month electronically. All fully paid-up Members in Ireland around the world should have received their copy by email by now.

If you have not received your copy yet, please contact the Society’s Director of Membership Services, Barry O’Connor, FGSI, who will check your current membership status and advise accordingly. Barry may be contacted by email on Membership@familyhistory.ie

VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT Members interested in helping out with the Outreach Programme or in the Archive & Research Centre at Loughlinstown, please contact Eddie Gahan, FGSI, on Archivist@familyhistory.ie

Visiting An Daonchartlann An Daonchartlann - Archive & Research Centre operates under the following arrangements.

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All visits to the archive, for members and nonmembers, are normally by appointment only to Archivist@familyhistory.ie However, this appointment system has been gradually relaxed lately and visitors are, once again, welcome to visit the facility.

Maximum time for each visit, is 1 hour for nonmembers and 2 hours for paid-up members.

Gloves supplied in the archive, must always be used while in the archive.

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Face mask/covering must always be worn while in the archive. You will be refused admission to the archive without a face mask/covering.

A name and contact phone number will be required from each person visiting.

All visitors, members and non-members must leave the archive as soon as their allocated time has finished.

Please do not visit the archive, if you are feeling unwell or have been in contact with someone, who has been confirmed as having Covid-19 or are waiting for test results.

Gerard Corcoran, MGSI

Checkout the Society’s website www.familyhistory.ie

Our Society is a Registered Charity During the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, many charities in Ireland and overseas are finding it difficult with reduced funding streams. This Society is funded largely by its Membership Fees and the kind donations received from Members and friends at home and overseas, without which, it simply couldn’t exist.

The Society is a Registered Charity in Ireland 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,

friends and social media followers around the world.

Donations can be made via the Society’s website or by cheque to the Genealogical Society of Ireland and forwarded to the General Secretary: 11, Desmond Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland, A96 AD76.

If you have already donated—Many Thanks!

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IRELAND’S GENEALOGICAL GAZETTE is published by the

Genealogical Society of Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee 11, Desmond Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 AD76, Ireland E-mail: GAZETTE@familyhistory.ie Charity Ref: CHY 10672 : No: 20027551 Company Registration (CRO): 334884 The Society is a Nominating Body for Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate)

Board of Directors (2022-2023) John Goggins (Cathaoirleach : Chairperson; Oifigeach na Gaeilge) James Walsh (LeasChathaoirleach : Vice-Chairperson; Group Projects Coordinator) Michael Merrigan (General Secretary, Company Secretary, ‘Gazette’ Editor; & Irish DNA Atlas); Lua Ó Scolaí (Finance & ADF, Philanthropy); Paula Jones (Deputy General Secretary, GSI Lecture Programme, Diaspora Outreach & Oversight of Development Plan); Eddie Gahan (Outreach & Zoom Drop-Ins); Shane Wilson (Internet Services & Online Publications); Barry O’Connor (Membership Services & Cemetery Projects; Building & Utilities, Health & Safety); Gerard Corcoran (Archival Services & Education; Genetic Genealogy & ADF ) and Laura Price, (Specialist Collections, Research & Specialist Groups, Vexillology & Heraldry).

“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)

GENEALOGY HELP CENTRE An Daonchartlann, the Society’s Archive and Research Centre is located at the DLR Leisure Centre, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin.

The use of our extensive archival resources is reserved for fully paid-up GSI members, however, day research membership is always available on request.

The facility is normally open each Wednesday from 10.30hrs to 16.00hrs contact the GSI Archivist on Archivist@familyhistory.ie

Members wishing to avail of this Exclusive Offer from Three.ie please contact FreePhone: 1800 944038 or email ExclusiveOffers@Three.ie NOTE: Conditions apply

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