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Harry Clarke’s Unique Gift to the Archbishop of Dublin
The RCB Library holds over 60,000 volumes of printed books, many of which have come into its safe custody from members of the Church of Ireland laity, clergy and bishops
Church of Ireland Home
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A Roof over Clerical Heads: Visual Insight to Glebe House Drawings
The RCB Library has a small but significant collection of architectural drawings of glebe houses from various parts of the country.
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RCB Library Conservation Fund
The RCB Library holds thousands of unique and distinctive items: parish records, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; manuscripts; architectural drawings, and rare books.
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Please Be Seated: The Content of Church of Ireland Pew Registers
Until the mid–nineteenth century, the purchase, rent or assignment of pews within Church of Ireland parishes was not an uncommon practice.
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The Killoughter Vestry Minute Book
by Dr Jonathan Cherry
Archive of the Month – November 2016
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The Foundation and Development of the Church of Ireland Divinity Hostel – A Summary of RCBL MS1043
By Sean Hanily
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A Colour–coded Resource of What Survives; Where it is; & with Additional Information of Copies, Transcripts and Online Indexes
Archive of the Month – August/September 2016
The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers has again been extensively revised and updated, and in a collaborative project between the RCB Library and the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS).
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Reporting the Somme Through the Lens of the “Church of Ireland Gazette”
Archive of the Month – July 2016
On 1 July 1916, the Battle of the Somme began, with the objective of advancing on the French village of Thiepval to penetrate the German trench network called Schwaben Redoubt along the banks of the river Somme.
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Tracking Parochial Families in Killinane and Kilconickny, County Galway: Local History Using Parish Registers & Gravestone Inscriptions
Archive of the Month – June 2016
By Gerry Kearney
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Reporting the Rising: A Church of Ireland Perspective Through the Lens of a Special Edition of the Church of Ireland Gazette
Archive of the Month – April/May 2016
This year the Church of Ireland Gazette is marking its 160th anniversary, having been published continuously since March 1856.
