St Patrick statue mark II

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 […]

Third Irish Genealogical Congress

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 […]

Meidheal Award for Crossmolina

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 […]

Cambridge/History Ireland Famine Symposium

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 […]

Trinity College/Irish Times Schools’ Competition in History

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 […]