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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
CALCA at St Paul’s Last month the annual meeting of CALCA, the Cathedral Archives, Libraries and Collections Association of Great Britain and Ireland was held in St Paul’s cathedral, London. This annual gathering of archivists, librarians, collections managers, conservators and cathedral clergy is a valuable opportunity not just to discuss…
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Nine decades at the Representative Church Body Library
The year 2022 has seen the RCB Library through its 90th birthday, and a dedicated Archive of the Month for December explores its evolutionary story through nine decades and beyond. Just before Christmas 1931, Rosamond Stephen (1868–1952) founder and original librarian of the Irish Guild of Witness library,…
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Finding archival homes for Church of Ireland primary school records
A Policy for the Appropriate Custody of Primary School Records is now in place to guide Church of Ireland primary schools and their Patrons in how to best keep and share archived information about their work and service to their communities, with the assistance of archivists in local authorities.
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RCB Library
For the Library’s Opening Hours please click here. Before access to the Reading Room, Visitors must confirm they have read the Library Regulations. Please click here to read the Regulations for Readers of Archives and Manuscripts. The main functions of the Library are: to serve the needs of those…
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Architectural Drawings Website Launched
The Representative Church Body Library, which is the library and archives of the Church of Ireland, has launched the first phase of a project to provide an on–line catalogue of…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
New Listing of Parish RegistersThe recent launch, by the National Library, of an on–line version of its microfilm collection of Roman Catholic parish registers has again focussed attention on the significance of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for genealogical and historical research. This project was warmly praised by the…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Cathedral Archivists meet in Canterbury Last month the annual one day conference of the Cathedral Libraries and Archives Association was held in Canterbury cathedral where the archivist, Cressida Williams, is a daughter of the Church of Ireland. Delegates from 29 cathedrals and associated repositories and organizations from England Ireland, Scotland and Wales…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
New Parish Register Resource In St Audoen’s parish church, Dublin, next Wednesday evening, the Director of the National Archives, John McDonough, will launch the List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers – an online colour–coded resource featuring live hyperlinks. This is a listing of all Church of Ireland parish registers of baptisms, marriages and…
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Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Church Silver ExhibitionIn recent years there has been something of a renewal of interest in the relationship between the Anglican Church and fine art. Books such as Canon Keith Walker's Images or idols? The place of sacred art in churches today and Jeremy Begbie's Voicing creation's praise. Towards a theology…
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The earliest policing records in Ireland secure & digitised at the RCB Library
(For the digitised watchbook presentation, please click here) In an exciting collaborative project with An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police force, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, the RCB Library is making available the content of the earliest surviving watch books in Ireland – from the parish of…
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