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Sermons of the Revd George Sealy
Last October, the RCB Library received a very welcome communication from Rosemary Kempshall in the UK, who wrote to say that she had in her possession a large volume of sermons written by the Revd George Sealy, a parochial cleric based in the diocese of Cork, from the late 18th and…
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Ms 1132: Sermons of The Revd George Sealy
By Bryan Whelan In October 2021, the RCB Library received a most–welcome communication from Rosemary Kempshall in the UK. Rosemary wrote to say that she had in her possession a large volume of sermons written by the Revd George Sealy, a Cork clergyperson, from the late 18th and early 19th century.…
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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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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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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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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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Ministerial visit to RCB Library
A €100,000 capital grant towards the digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers was announced as part of a visit by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms Josepha Madigan TD, to the RCB Library on Monday (10th September). This was the first ministerial visit to the…
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€100,000 grant supports digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers
The Representative Church Body Library has welcomed the announcement of a €100,000 capital grant towards the digitisation of Church of Ireland parish registers as part of the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht’s digitisation scheme. The funding was announced by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms…
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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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