“If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday”
The LAI Rare Books and Genealogy and Local Studies Groups look forward
to welcoming you to this joint seminar “If you want to understand today
you have to search yesterday: genealogical & local studies materials in
Irish Special Collections & Archives.”
Advance registration is required for this event. Please note as we are
committed to sustainable practices previously printed schedules will be
available online only.
Date /Time: Thursday 30 November 2023, 09:45–16:00
Location: Chester Beatty, Dublin 2
Fee: €70, General admission; €15, students/retirees
Please note photographs will be taken during the event and will be
uploaded to social media and will be included in the Library Association
of Ireland’s Annual Report. If you prefer not to be included in these
photographs please inform a committee member on the day.
Schedule
09:45: Registration
10:00: Welcome – Evelyn Flanagan, Chair of the LAI Rare Books Group and
Steven Skeldon, Chair of the LAI Genealogy and Local Studies Group
Session 1 – Chair – Sarah Timmins (RCSI)
10:05: “Is There a Doctor in Your House? Genealogical research and
services at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland” – Chiara Morgan,
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
10:30: “Family History Review at the National Library of Ireland” –
Steven Skeldon, National Library of Ireland
10.50: “The Irish Family History Foundation and Roots Ireland” – Dr
Brendan Scott, Manager Roots Ireland
11:10: Questions
11:20-11:35: Coffee provided by the LAI Rare Books and LAI Genealogy and
Local Studies Groups
Session 2 – Chair – TBC
11:35: “The Aidan Heavey Collection: A well-kept secret” – Gearoid
O’Brien, Westmeath County Library (retired)
12:00: “‘Good and bad news from Ireland’: Eclectic Local History Sources
within the Munster Printing Collection – Elaine Harrington, University
College Cork
12:20: Questions
12:30-13:30: Lunch, at delegate’s own expense
Session 3 – Chair – TBC
13:30: “Piecing together the cartographical record: map collections and
the Irish Historic Towns Atlas” – Dr Sarah Gearty, Royal Irish Academy
13:50: “Secrets in Dublin Placenames” – Cathy Scuffil, Dublin City
Historian in Residence
14:10: “Illustrating Ireland: George Petrie and the nineteenth century
travel guide” – Dr. Angela Griffith, Trinity College Dublin
14:30: Questions
14:45-15:00: Coffee provided by the LAI Rare Books and LAI Genealogy and
Local Studies Groups
Session 4 – Chair – TBC
15:00: “Irish Landed Estates Collections & how to find them” – Marie
Boran, University of Galway
15:20: “Local history: objective and pursuit” – Prof. Ray Gillespie,
Maynooth University (Emeritus)
15.45: Questions
16:00-16:15: Seminar closes.