Events for week commencing 11 June
All month: An exhibition – History of some Dublin Suburbs at Rathmines Library, 157 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. Hours: 10am to 8pm Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5pm Friday and Saturday. Free. Email: rathmineslibrary@dublincity.ie
Tuesday 12 June: Fishermen's Tales - Skerries Fishing Industry 1750-1870. Skerries Historical Society. All welcome. 8.15pm start at Keane's The Bus Bar, Strand Street, Skerries. Details.
Wednesday 13 June: Betrayal in Irish Cultural History, with Gerry Smyth. This talk offers an analysis of the role of treason and betrayal in Irish cultural history during the modern era, against the backdrop of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger. It is based on a forthcoming book entitled The Judas Kiss: Treason and Betrayal in the Modern Irish Novel. Irish World Heritage Centre, Queens Road, Manchester M8. 8-9pm. £3. Details.
Saturday 16 June: Ulysses Bloomsday dramatisation. BBC Radio 4 will feature a major dramatisation of the work throughout the day beginning at 9.15am. Seven further parts will follow, insterspersed with commentary/edification from Mark Lawson in Dublin, until concluding just before midnight. The dramas will be available to download in clips, videos, character profiles and a series of blog posts. Details.
Sunday 17 June: Swords, Pikes and Muskets, an historical re-enactment. National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. Free. 3-4pm. No booking required.
Tuesday 12 June: Fishermen's Tales - Skerries Fishing Industry 1750-1870. Skerries Historical Society. All welcome. 8.15pm start at Keane's The Bus Bar, Strand Street, Skerries. Details.
Wednesday 13 June: Betrayal in Irish Cultural History, with Gerry Smyth. This talk offers an analysis of the role of treason and betrayal in Irish cultural history during the modern era, against the backdrop of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger. It is based on a forthcoming book entitled The Judas Kiss: Treason and Betrayal in the Modern Irish Novel. Irish World Heritage Centre, Queens Road, Manchester M8. 8-9pm. £3. Details.
Saturday 16 June: Ulysses Bloomsday dramatisation. BBC Radio 4 will feature a major dramatisation of the work throughout the day beginning at 9.15am. Seven further parts will follow, insterspersed with commentary/edification from Mark Lawson in Dublin, until concluding just before midnight. The dramas will be available to download in clips, videos, character profiles and a series of blog posts. Details.
Sunday 17 June: Swords, Pikes and Muskets, an historical re-enactment. National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. Free. 3-4pm. No booking required.
Mapping the Irish exhibition
An interesting exhibition opens this week in New York. Presented by the American Irish Historical Society (AIHS), Island – Drawing Conclusions: Mapping the Irish is an exploration of the history of Ireland through a series of maps, atlases, postcards, cartoons, and pamphlets spanning from the 2nd century to the 21st century.It is a collaboration between the hosts and three other collections (Mayo CC's Jackie Clarke Collection – Ireland's Memory, Linen Hall Library and The Norman B Leventhal Map Center at Boston Public Library)and provides a fascinating look at the political and cultural history of Ireland.
The exhibition opens to the public on 13 June and continues until 12 July at the American Irish Historical Society's home at 991 Fifth Avenue. New York, NY 10028, which is opposite the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.
Opening hours are 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Details.
Well that didn't take long, after all!!
A new Genealogy Advisory Service will start work at the National Archives and National Library on Monday 11 June, just two weeks after the Association of Professional Genealogists of Ireland (APGI) withdrew from negotiations for a new contract.
A new consortium consisting of Eneclann and Ancestor Network has been formed to provide the new-style service, according to Eneclann's press release. Interestingly, about half of the new team are APGI members (ie accredited professionals), which suggests to me that there's been a lot of internal wrangling going on behind the scenes.
Whatever the politicking, the end result is that family historians — particularly those on genealogy research trips from abroad — will again have a free source of expert advice. The service will be available as follows:
A new Genealogy Advisory Service will start work at the National Archives and National Library on Monday 11 June, just two weeks after the Association of Professional Genealogists of Ireland (APGI) withdrew from negotiations for a new contract.
A new consortium consisting of Eneclann and Ancestor Network has been formed to provide the new-style service, according to Eneclann's press release. Interestingly, about half of the new team are APGI members (ie accredited professionals), which suggests to me that there's been a lot of internal wrangling going on behind the scenes.
Whatever the politicking, the end result is that family historians — particularly those on genealogy research trips from abroad — will again have a free source of expert advice. The service will be available as follows:
- National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin — Monday to Friday, 10am to 1.30pm.
- National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin — Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 1pm, 2-5pm, Saturday 9.15am to 12.45pm.
More than 14,000 photographs have been just been uploaded to From-Ireland.ie, the genealogy, culture and heritage website set up and run by Dr Jane Lyons.The photographs are mainly of gravestones, as follows:
- Co. Kilkenny — 4,616 photographs in 42 albums
- Co. Laois (Queen's) — 6774 photographs in 49 albums
- Cos. Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick and Offaly — 2,626 photos in 25 albums
Gravestones inscriptions have been transcribed and can be searched in an index or you can browse through the photos.
Glasnevin Museum wins prestigious award
News has only just reached me that Glasnevin Museum in Dublin has received the Kenneth Hudson Award in the European Museum of the Year 2012 Awards.The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) was founded in 1977 under the auspices of the Council of Europe and this year's ceremony was held a couple of weeks ago at Penafiel in Portugal.
The Kenneth Hudson Award is presented for the most unusual, daring and, sometimes, controversial achievement that challenges common perceptions of the role of museums in society.
Well, Glasnevin Museum is certainly out of the ordinary — it tells the story of Dublin's first non-denominational cemetery — and this award is not its first.
Since opening in 2010, the haul has included the trophy for Best International Museum at the Museum & Heritage Awards For Excellence in London and the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Themed Entertainment Association in Burbank, California.
Glasnevin Museum was opened in 2010 by the not-for-profit Glasnevin Trust to enrich visitors’ experience of the cemetery and their knowledge and understanding of Irish history through the lives of the leading public figures buried there.
The release of the Bureau of Military History 1913-1921 collection, which was expected last month (see report), has been delayed.This is due to technical difficulties that MilitaryArchives.iehopes to resolve in the coming weeks. There is not, as yet, any revised date for publication.
The collection, which covers the Independence movement from 1913 to 1921, includes reports by individuals who had been involved or had witnessed events, and is a fascinating collection of material relating to the Irish Volunteers from their formation in 1913 to 1921. It comprises 1773 witness statements, 334 sets of contemporary documents, a huge photographic collection, voice recordings and press cuttings.
Paper witness statements will continue to be made available in Military Archives, with duplicates in the National Archives. Military Archives also has electronic versions, with a limited search capability, available in the reading room, by appointment as usual.
Irish Newspaper Archives fills in the gaps
One of my favourite websites, Irish Newspaper Archives, has been updated with more newspaper records.
All the gaps in the archives for editions of the Freeman's Journal have been filled in, so that the complete offer for this important paper now runs from 1763 to 1924.
Issues published by the Ulster Herald from 1901 to 2012 have also joined the line up, as have those from the Westmeath Examiner from 1999 to 2007
The subscription-based website, which is free to use in many libraries in Ireland, has also announced its upload programme for the summer, as follows:
Many thanks to MaryR for alerting me to the update.
All the gaps in the archives for editions of the Freeman's Journal have been filled in, so that the complete offer for this important paper now runs from 1763 to 1924.Issues published by the Ulster Herald from 1901 to 2012 have also joined the line up, as have those from the Westmeath Examiner from 1999 to 2007
The subscription-based website, which is free to use in many libraries in Ireland, has also announced its upload programme for the summer, as follows:
- Kerryman 1904-1949 — July
- Limerick Leader 1948-2000 — August
- Belfast Newsletter 1738-1849 — Sept/Oct
Many thanks to MaryR for alerting me to the update.
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