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Taunagh Church Bicentenary Celebration 1818–2018
Taunagh Parish Church, Riverstown, Co. Sligo, will be celebrating 200 years with a festival of events, from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th August. This will feature flower arrangements, a collection of local crafts and visual displays in the Church, 200 years of memorabilia in the Cooper Memorial Hall, and a genealogy and…
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Strokestown (Bumlin) Parish Registers and Monuments
by Alan Moran & Mark WilliamsThe Archive of the Month for January 2019 presents the transcribed registers of the former union of Bumlin, centred on St John’s church in Strokestown, County Roscommon, together with the inscriptions on the monuments in the church and the surrounding churchyard. As…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Strokestown Records On–Line The RCB Library’s Archive of the Month for January 2019 presents the transcribed registers of Bumlin, centred on St John’s church in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, (now part of a group of parishes based on Boyle) together with the inscriptions on the monuments in the church and the surrounding…
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The Strokestown (Bumlin) Parish Registers 1811–1969
The RCB Library’s online Archive of the Month kicks off 2019 with a gift to family and local historians, especially those with an interest in the Longford/Roscommon region. It will present the transcribed content of the parish registers of the former union of Bumlin, Kiltrustan and Lissonuffy in…
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Christmas Day Sermon preached by Bishop Paul Colton in Cork
Sermon preached by the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Reverend Dr Paul Colton, in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, on Christmas Day, 2019. There are ways and ways of telling a story. I might regale you, for example, with one which begins, somewhat pompously, with ‘When I lived…
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Inishmacsaint’s heritage will be on view during special open days
The heritage of St Ninnidh’s Church, in the Church of Ireland’s Parish of Inishmacsaint near Derrygonnelly, will be outlined in a special exhibition and open days in early September. The parish will be opening their church on European Heritage Open Days on Saturday, 11th September, from 10am to 6pm and…
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Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 22 December 2007Christmas ReadingFor many Christmas is an opportunity to catch up on some reading and for those who are inclined to read about the Church of Ireland there has been an interesting cross-section of relevant publications in 2007.The two big book of this…
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Preparing for Searches
Most Church of Ireland parish registers do not have indexes and there is no single comprehensive index to all their contents. In general, in order to prosecute a successful search in parish registers you need a name, a date and a place name. However, there are a number of ongoing projects…
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"Register of the parish of St. Nicholas', Galway 1792-1840" launched
"REGISTER OF THE PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, GALWAY1792-1840"Launched in St Nicholas? Church, GalwaySunday 05 December 2004The close links that have long existed between the Church of Ireland parish of St Nicholas with the city of Galway and its port, were marked last Sunday with the launch of the first published…
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Assistant archivist speaks at international genealogical festival
CHURCH OF IRELAND ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST SPEAKS AT INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL FESTIVALThe Model Arts and Niland Gallery in Sligo, one of Ireland?s premier arts centres and home to the impressive Niland Art Collection, was the venue for the International Genealogical Festival organised by the County Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Society.Almost 100 international…
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