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(CUMANN STAIR CLANN na hEIREANN)

P.O. Box 36, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
 

IFHS Meetings 2008

Updated 23 September  2008

All meetings are held in the Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse St., Dublin 2
and, apart from AGM, are open to non members. There is no charge and no booking is required.


 Sat. 5th April 2008. 
  11:00 AGM  (Members only)
   2.15  Patricia Moorhead.
The Doctor, his Wife and the Governess: 
The story of  Dr Philip Henry Eustace Cross -  tried and hanged in Cork Gaol in 1888  for  poisoning his wife. 
  3.15 Mary Beglan 
Online Sources for Irish Genealogy.
 
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Saturday 28th June 2008 - All Day outing.
Visit to Stormont (Parliament Buildings) and Hillsborough Castle, Hillsborough, Co. Down.
Cost €65. Full details of outing are shown on the Society's Website under News. 
Booking is essential. 
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Saturday 16th August 2008 - Morning Outing.
10.45 am - 1pm approx. August Outing 16th August - Marsh's Library Fully Booked.
Our August outing to Marsh's Library on Saturday 16th has proven to be very popular and it now fully booked. Any requests for places will be put on a waiting list should anyone who has booked be unable to come. This will be on a first come basis.

Visit to Marsh's Library, St. Patrick's Close, Dublin 8. (Close to St. Patrick's Cathedral). 
See their website www.marshlibrary.ie  for more information.
There is a small charge, which can be paid direct on the visit, of €2.50 and €1.50 for senior citizens. 
Numbers are limited so early booking is essential. Open to Society members only. 
Names to I.F.H.S., P.O. Box 36, Naas, Co. Kildare or email: ifhs@eircom.net or phone 01-8310848.
Members of the Irish Genealogical Research Society will be joining us for this visit.
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Sat. 4th October 2008 - Saturday All Day Seminar
10am  Registration
10.30am “Irish Historic Towns Atlas.”   Jennifer Moore, Irish Historic Towns Atlas.
11.30am “Ireland’s Court records – what survived 1922?”   Steven Smyrl  M.A.P.G.I.
 12.30pm-2.00pm LUNCH   (at own expense)
2.15pm  “A County’s Resources for Genealogical Research – the Roscommon Example.” 
John Hamrock, author of Tracing your Roscommon Ancestors.
3.15pm “The new Dublin Freemen and Trade Guilds database”   John Grenham.
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Sat. 8th November 2008 - Morning Meeting
10.00am  Registration.
10.30am. “Records of the Commissioners of Irish Lights.”    Frank Pelly
11.30am. “Irish Convict Transportation. Damnation or Salvation.”    Sean Solan
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Contact us at: ifhs@eircom.net