JOURNAL OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND
Vol. 14 - 2013
Copies will be making their way by mail to GSI Members soon.
ISSN: 1393-936X - 136pp - Card Cover - Illustrations
Contents
Beattie and Kelly from Tyrone to Australia by Steven Johnson
Some Irish Military Wives: The Register of the Troop Transport the 'Prescot' – February 1801 by Howard R. Clarke
Deaths in Scotland Prior to Civil Registration by Gordon Johnson
Andrews & Company: A Wolverhampton Family in Dublin by Enda MacMahon
Hannah Falvey of Valencia Island, County Kerry by Thomas W. Merrigan
The Emigrants' Return by Barry Kennerk
R.I.P. at Lourdes by Pádraic Ingoldsby
Mary Kelly (1867-1946) - A Woman Ahead of Her Time by Paula O'Kelly
Extract from Returns Relating to the GPO, Ireland.
The Civil Survey of Meath 1654-56 - An Index by James O. Coyle
DMP Casualties During the Irish War of Independence by James Scannell
Militiaman Neal McCourt (1851-1872) by Brendan Hall
The Belfast Blitz – The Peoples' Experience by James Scannell
The McLoughlin Families of West Mayo by Adrian James Martyn
Who Was Eliza Kenny? by G.H. O'Reilly
Peter Byrne (1874-1962), Montana USA by Róisín Lafferty
Ballynacreeva Cemetery, Seefin, Craughwell, Co. Galway by Steve Dolan
The Flanagan Family: Monaghan to Rhode Island by Joyce Flanagan
The Search for National School Rolls Books by Steve Dolan
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An Daonchartlann
GSI Archives & Research Centre
Collections : Bailiúcháin
The GSI Archives & Research Centre, An Daonchartlann, at the Carlisle Pier (Old Mail Boat Pier), Dún Laoghaire, has a number of unique collections and resources. Detailed information on some of these resources is available below.
It is planned to have an on-line catalogue of the resources held at An Daonchartlann uploaded to this website in due course and also a Digital Archive of the Society's publications, especially the Society's Journal which was first published in 1992. Access to a full listing the Society's publications is available via the panel on the right.
The catalogue of the Society’s Archives contains items which include published books on Genealogy and history with a large Irish and worldwide collection Genealogical /Family History/ and historical Journals and various Irish Directories.
As mentioned above, the Society’s Archives also contains unpublished material e.g. school and church registers. In organizing the archive the collection has been arranged into twenty four Categories which the Archive Team of volunteers is currently indexing.
This indexation of this material covers a number of the categories, for example, the Society came into possession in the early 1990s of a large volume of documents from a solicitor’s office. When indexing this unique collection of documents it was discovered that they referred to a number of estates in Co. Laois (formerly Queen’s County) and therefore, the collection is called the Laois Papers and is sorted as follows:
Deeds: These are Leases Mortgages, Conveyances, Indentures, Wills, Marriage settlements, Land deeds etc. so far over 900 have been indexed and the work is on-going and can be viewed here. - Family Papers: These are mainly miscellaneous papers and are currently being catalogued under family names.
- Rentals: These are estate rentals and extracts from valuation books and are currently being finalised, however, the project to-date can be viewed here.
- Maps: The Society's Archives has a small collection of maps associated with the estates in the Laois Papers.
- Catalogue Listing: The Director of Archival Services has provided a sample of the catalogue of this collection here. Please note that this catalogue listing is not complete as work continues on the Laois Papers. Names, addresses and references to properties in other counties are also found amongst the Laois Papers.
Other collections available for research at the Society’s Archives include:
Aliens Register: the society has a photo copy of the Aliens Register 1914-1922 A Division Dublin Metropolitan Police. The people who registered were mainly from Eastern Europe mostly Jews, who had to register with the police. The register has been indexed by name and contains 489 names and can be viewed here.
Obituaries: The Society some years ago acquired a collection of cutting of obituaries from newspapers of Irish people who had died mainly in Canada with some from USA and New Zealand. So far we have indexed over 1500 names and the work is on-going.
The Nuns' Register: This was a project that the Society started some years ago. The plan was to create a register of Irish woman who became nuns, many of whom entered convents in many parts of the world. Initially a lot of research was done and information was gathered form convents around the world. The information gathered so far is now been entered to a data base. So far over 800 have been listed with a few hundred more to do.
School and Church registers: There are various school registers in the Society's Archive, including: Christian Brothers School (Dún Laoghaire) Registers, Harold National School Glasthule and various others. Although some of the registers in the Society's possession have been published, the details are generally provided alphabetically by surname etc. However, this has its complications as many surnames are rendered in their original Gaelic form or a version thereof and others have been Gaelicised.
Irish-Jewish Community: The Society is only one of four repositories in Ireland to have the copies of Stuart Rosenblatt’s monumental work on the Irish Jewish Community. This wonderful collection of beautifully bound volumes contains copies of the sources found by Stuart throughout Ireland relating to the Irish Jewish Community over the past three centuries.
Microform Collection: The Society has a large and varied collection of resources on microfiche and microfilm which can be viewed at the facility.
CD Collection: The Society's Archives has a range of resources published on CD and DVD which can be viewed in the computer room at the facility.
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GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND
PUBLICATIONS LIST - 2012
GSI ANNUAL JOURNAL
The Journal (ISSN 1393-936X) price €7.50 each (special prices are available for members – see membership application forms). Joint Editors: George H. O’Reilly, MA, FRSAI, MGSI and Brendan Hall, MGSI. The Society’s journal contains articles on a wide range of genealogical, heraldic, vexillological and social history topics, including much new research and the reproduction of items from the Society’s extensive archives.
“IRELAND’S GENEALOGICAL GAZETTE”
The new monthly newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, “Ireland’s Genealogical Gazette” (ISSN 1649-7937) is published in hardcopy and on-line. This newsletter replaced “The Genie Gazette” in January 2006 and has maintained its readership of circa 4,000 each month worldwide. Edited by Michael Merrigan, MA, FGSI, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
DEAN’S GRANGE MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS
[now only available on CD]
Memorial Inscriptions of Dean’s Grange Cemetery, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Vol. 1 South West Section (ISBN 1 898471 20 07). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI. Price €13.00 Publication aimed at the genealogist, social historian and local historian contains transcriptions of the memorials in a predominately non-Catholic section of this cemetery, the largest in south Co. Dublin.
Memorial Inscriptions of Dean’s Grange Cemetery, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Vol. 2 Lower North Section (ISBN 1 898471 30 4). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI. Price €13.00 Publication aimed at the genealogist, social and local historian contains transcriptions of the memorials in the oldest Catholic section of south CountyDublin's largest cemetery opened in 1864
Memorial Inscriptions of Dean’s Grange Cemetery, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Vol. 3 Upper North Section (ISBN 1 898471 55 X). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI. Price €13.00 Publication aimed at the genealogist, social and local historian contains transcriptions of 1400 of the memorials in the Catholic section of south CountyDublin's largest cemetery opened in 1864.
Memorial Inscriptions of Dean’s Grange Cemetery, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Vol. 4 South Section (ISBN 1 898471 51 7). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI. Price €13.00 Publication aimed at the genealogist, social and local historian contains transcriptions of the memorials in the non-Catholic section of south CountyDublin's largest cemetery opened in 1864.
Memorial Inscriptions of Dean’s Grange Cemetery, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland Vol. 5 West Section (ISBN 1 898471 22 3). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI . Price €13.00 Publication aimed at the genealogist, social and local historian contains transcriptions of the memorials in a mixed Catholic and non-Catholic section of south CountyDublin's largest cemetery opened in 1864.
DÚN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS
Memorial Inscriptions of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Co. Dublin, Ireland – Vol. 1 (ISBN 1898471 66 5). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI, Price €7.00 Graveyards featured are: Barrington’s Burial Ground; Blackrock College; Dominican Convent, Dún Laoghaire; Old Glencullen; Kiltiernan Church of Ireland; Loughlinstown; Old Connaught; Rathmichael (Old Church); St. Brigid’s Church of Ireland and Tully Graveyard.
Memorial Inscriptions of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Co. Dublin, Ireland – Vol. 2 Friends Burial Ground, Temple Hill, Blackrock (ISBN 1898471 27 4 5). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI, Price €7.00
Memorial Inscriptions of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Co. Dublin, Ireland – Vol. 3 (ISBN 1898471 42 8). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI, Price €7.00 Graveyards featured are: Carmelite Monastery; CarrickbrennanCemetery; Kill of the Grange and SionHillCemetery.
OTHER MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS
Memorial Inscriptions of GrangegormanMilitaryCemetery, Dublin, Ireland (ISBN 1898471 47 9). Co-ordinator: Barry O'Connor, FGSI, Price €9.00 This cemetery is located on Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin and has been in use since the 1870s as a burial ground for British and Commonwealth military service personnel and their families.
IRISH GENEALOGICAL SOURCES SERIES
Many publications in this series are now OUT-OF-PRINT and due to the limited print-run they are now considered to be quite rare and, indeed, collectable publications attracting prices in excess of the original cover price. Therefore, Society has agreed to offer the remaining stocks of many of these publications at prices more accurately reflecting their current commercial value via www.abebooks.com
No. 1 - Shillelagh & Ballinacor South, Co. Wicklow 1837 - A Memorial (ISBN 1 898471 40 1). Compiled & edited by Seán Magee. Price €6.50 This memorial of 1837, containing the names and addresses of 1,500 people from south west County Wicklow. The date of this memorial is intermediate between the Tithe Applotment Survey and the Primary Valuation Survey (Griffith's Valuation) and covers an area which includes the vast Coolatin Estate of the Earl FitzWilliam which witnessed large scale assisted emigration between 1847 and 1856
No. 2 - Corn Growers, Carriers & Traders, CountyWicklow 1788, 1789 & 1790 (ISBN 1 898471 50 9). Compiled by George H. O'Reilly & James O. Coyle. Price €4.00 The information contained in this publication has been extracted from documents covering the period before The Great Rebellion of 1798 and therefore, provide a valuable census substitute almost fifty years before the Tithe Applotment Books.
No. 3 - Newcastle, CountyWicklow - School Register 1864-1947 (ISBN 1 898471 70 3). Compiled by George H. O'Reilly. Price €9.00 This is a valuable genealogical source as a census substitute for this area of north CountyWicklow. School registers provide not only information on each pupil but also provide a unique insight in to the social and economic conditions of each period with listings of fathers’ professions, trades or otherwise.
No. 4 - Croasdaile's History of Rosenallis, Co. Laois, Ireland (ISBN 1 898471 10 X). Edited by Michael Merrigan. Price €6.50 This is an account of the turbulent history of the Civil Parish of Rosenallis in North County Laois (Queen's County) by Fr. L. H. Craosdaile, s.j.. The publication includes an index to the Primary Valuation Survey for the Parish, including the Town of Mountmellick, and sources for the genealogist & local historian
No. 5 - DublinCity 1901 - Census Index to the North Strand, Clonliffe Road & Summerhill District (ISBN 1 898471 75 4). Extracted and indexed by Marie Keogh. Price €6.50 Extracted and indexed alphabetically this volume provides the names, surnames and addresses of each householder and visitor in the district. It's a very useful guide for the researcher.
No. 6 - Booterstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland - School Registers 1861-1872 & 1891-1939 (ISBN 1 898471 80 0). Compiled by Frieda Carroll. Price €9.00 This publication contains circa 1,700 names of the boys who attended this NationalPrimary School situated on the road from DublinCity to Dún Laoghaire. The registers were microfilmed by the Society. School Registers are a source for social historians as they provide an insight into the socio-economic situation for the area during the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War II.
No. 7 - Dublin Street Index 1798 extracted from Whitelaw's Census (ISBN 1 898471 85 1). By Seán Magee. Price €4.00 This volume provides an excellent research aide to family and social historians with an interest in DublinCity at the end of the eighteenth century. This index is taken from a census conducted by the Rev. James Whitelaw and contained in the appendix to the "History of the City of Dublin" by Whitelaw, Werburton & Walsh - published in 1815. Though the census itself has, unfortunately, not survived this index is a fascinating source. This is a valuable reference book as many of the street names are no longer in use today and therefore, may have been difficult to locate - Sean has made the task of cross referencing street and parish much easier. This index enables the researcher to identify the parish in each case for the year of The Great Rebellion of 1798 and just before the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
No. 8 - Weavers of Prosporous, CountyKildare, Balbriggan, CountyDublin and Tullamore, County Offaly in Memorials of 1826 (ISBN 1 898471 90 8). By Seán Magee. Price €4.00 This volume complements the "Weavers & Related Trades, Dublin 1826" published by the Society in 1996 and consists of memorials of weavers seeking an improvement in the facilities in the Dublin market for the sale of their goods. The combined lists contain 947 names of weavers from the three towns, Prosporous (517), County Kildare, Balbriggan (310), County Dublin and Tullamore (120), County Offaly (formerly King's County), who sent their goods to the Dublin market. The three memorials are in the Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers (CSORP) in the National Archives in Dublin. Some additional information on each town is provided in the extracts taken from Lewis's 'Topographical Dictionary of Ireland' published in 1837. This publication covers a period over twenty years prior to the Primary Valuation Survey (Griffith's Valuation), therefore, it is a very useful census substitute for genealogists and historians researching early nineteenth century Ireland before the onslaught of The Great Famine of 1845-50.
No. 9 - Petitioners Against Closure of Kill O' The Grange Cemetery, Co. Dublin, 1864 (ISBN 1 898471 95 9). By Annette McDonnell. Price €9.00 This volume lists nearly 2,300 names of persons from the area protesting at the British Authorities decision to close the ancient cemetery at Kill O' The Grange which was used for centuries by the local Catholic population. Though, few headstones exist in the remaining section of the cemetery, the old cemetery covered a much larger area with each grave marked only by a rock or a tree. This type of listing is invaluable when census returns do not exist for the period. Readers with local roots are bound to find their ancestors names on this petition signed, or we should say, collected, outside the local Catholic Churches of Blackrock, Glasthule, Dalkey and St. Michael's (Kingstown). The petition failed and Deansgrange Cemetery was opened in 1864 as the new municipal burial ground.
No. 10 - Baldoyle, CountyDublin 1901 Census Extracts (ISBN 1 898471 01 0). By Marie Keogh. Price €3.00 This is a very useful heads of household and visitors finding aid to the village of Baldoyle in North County Dublin for the 1901 Census.
No. 11 - Harold (Boys) School, Glasthule, CountyDublin - Registers 1904 - 1948 (ISBN 1 898471 06 1) by Dr. Eithne Guilfoyle. Price €11.50 The Harold Boys School is one of the oldest in the Dún Laoghaire and indeed, was founded by two of the most industrious Clerics in Ireland at the time, Revs. John and George Harold. Many of the people listed in the early registers would have fought in the First World War or possibly, the War of Independence. The present Principal, Mr. John McGuire provides an introduction to the volume showing how the school has progressed over the years to become one of the most successful in the district. These school registers are very useful to the genealogist and social historian covering the periods before, between and after both World Wars and a period of high emigration from Ireland. Though, this is just the boys school, it can assist in the completion of whole families, siblings, fathers' occupations etc.
No. 12 - The Irish Independence Movement on Tyneside 1919-1921 (ISBN 1 898471 11 8). Compiled by Mary A. Barrington. Price €4.00 The Society published this volume to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the First Dáil (Irish Parliament) & the Declaration of Irish Independence on 21st January 1919. This publication is based on the testimony of Gilbert Francis Barrington, Dublin, and formerly of South Shields in England. He was Quartermaster of the Tyneside Division of the Old I.R.A. and his account of the period is fascinatingly clear and precise with hundreds of names of the persons involved in this most overlooked piece of Irish History. It will be particularly of interest to those with Irish connections in the North East of England.
No. 13 - St. Patrick's School, Dalkey, CountyDublin - School Registers 1894-1970 (ISBN 1 898471 16 9). By Annette McDonnell. Price €7.00 This publication covers the School Registers for the Girls Primary School 1894 - 1970 and the Boys National School 1894 - 1968. Though, this school was a Church of Ireland National School (Anglican), the pupils come from all religious denominations.
No. 14 - The People of the Rebellion - Wicklow 1798 (ISBN 1 898471 26 6). Compiled by Pat Power. Price €12.00 (OUT OF PRINT) This is the first attempt to list all those involved in the Rebellion in Wicklow from existing records. It has a reproduction of a 1760 map of the county to assist readers. The names listed have probable addresses coupled with information on other aspects of their lives. A must for all with connections with Wicklow.
No. 15 - Officers & Recruits of the Louth Rifles 1854-1876 (ISBN 1 898471 31 2). Compiled by Brendan Hall. Price €12.00. (OUT OF PRINT – See No. 27) This volume concentrates on those persons who served with the Louth Rifles from its formation in 1854 until 1876 and, in the case of officers, their antecedents in the Louth Militia. As well as nominal lists other historical and contextual information has been extracted from a number of sources. This book is especially useful for persons with ancestors from Dundalk, Drogheda, Dunleer and indeed, most of Co. Louth.
No. 16 - KilcooleCounty Wicklow, School Registers from 1861 (ISBN 1 898471 36 3). By George H. O’Reilly. Price €7.00 This is a valuable genealogical source as a census substitute for this area of north CountyWicklow. School registers provide not only information on each pupil but also provide a unique insight in to the social and economic conditions of each period with listings of fathers’ professions, trades or otherwise.
No. 17 - Index to the 1821 Census of Crosserlough, Co. Cavan (ISBN 1 898471 41 X). By Marie Keogh. Price €11.50 This book contains the names, addresses, ages and occupation of over 8,000 individuals from over 70 townlands in the Parish of Crosserlough, Co. Cavan as recorded in Ireland’s earliest modern census taken in 1821, most of which, was destroyed in the Public Record Office fire of 1922. Many of those listed were born in the latter half of the eighteenth century making this a very unique source for the genealogist.
No. 18 – Dublin’s Riviera in the Mid 19th Century (ISBN 1 898471 46 0). By Brendan Hall & George H. O’Reilly. Price €6.50 This book brings together three important sources for the local history of the area from Booterstown to KillineyBay and taking in the towns of Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), Blackrock and Dalkey. The sources - Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary (1837), Thom’s Directory (1848) and a Local Directory (1867) are very neatly presented in one volume providing a unique picture of the area known as “Dublin’s Riviera”.
No. 19 - Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny 1901 Census (ISBN 1 898471 61 4) Compiled by Tom Delaney. Price €11.50 This volume contains the names, age, occupations, relationships within each household and addresses for over 5,500 individuals recorded by the 1901 Census of Ireland for this are of County Kilkenny – simply, a must for those with connections to this area.
No. 20 – Directory of Merchants & Traders of Dublin in 1798 (ISBN 1 898471 56 8). By Sheila Martin. Price €9.00 This book is an attempt to give some understanding of what trades and businesses existed in Dublin in 1798 and on which the normal everyday life of a major city depends. Over 4,800 merchants and traders are listed in this publication, the names of which, were extracted from “The Gentleman’s & Citizen’s Almanack” which was compiled by John Watson Stewart in 1798. This book is arguable the best of its type published for eighteenth century Dublin.
No. 21 – The Louth Rifles 1877-1908 (ISBN 1 898471 71 1). By Brendan Hall & Donal Hall. Price €9.00 This second book continues the history of the Louth Rifles up to the time of its disbandment in 1908. A substantial part of the narrative concerns the events surrounding the regiment’s refusal to ‘volunteer’ for active service in South Africa during the Boer War. A list, some 1,300 names, of those who served with the regiment from 1902 to 1907 is also included, with, among other information, date of enrolment (some as early as 1877) and parish of birth. Some 35% of the recruits came from CountyDown and therefore, this book should of interest to those with ancestors from CountyLouth and each of the surrounding counties.
No. 22 – 1901 Census Index for Blackrock Urban District Area, Co. Dublin(ISBN 1 898471 76 2). By Marie Keogh. Price €7.75 The index covers the streets and roads of the Urban District of Blackrock in south CountyDublin as the existed in 1901 and recorded by the Census of Ireland in that year. This is not a complete listing of everyone in each family in the Census but, by including in this 140 page book the addresses, places of origin and ages of the head of each household, relative (bearing a different surname), visitor, servant and lodger, it is expected that such information will be of use to the genealogist in tracing families in this area.
No. 23 & 24 – Name Index to Tombstone Inscriptions of County Louth, Ireland Vol. 1 & 2 (ISBN 1 898471 81 9 & ISBN 1 898471 86 X) sold together. By Brendan Hall. Price €18.00 (OUT OF PRINT) This index, printed in two volumes, is intended as a genealogical aid to those seeking ancestors in County Louth or those involved in one-name studies. It contains almost 30,000 records and is, as the title implies, a name index to the tombstone inscriptions that are available in print, from various sources, for cemeteries throughout the county. Each record contains the name, burial ground and publication in which the inscription may be found. Also, included in a cross-reference index of some 1,200 names of married women and, to facilitate the researcher in identifying surname variations, an alphabetically index of all 2,600 surnames found in the inscriptions.
No. 25 –History of the RoyalHibernianMilitarySchool, Dublin (ISBN 1 898471 91 6). Edited by George H. O’Reilly. Price €10.50 Described as a history of a forgotten place and, perhaps, a forgotten group of people, this volume lists both the pupils and the staff at this school from 1770 until it closed in 1922 with Irish independence. This school was founded by people concerned with the large number of orphans in Dublin, in particular those who were orphaned by the many wars which took place in the early 18th century. Later on other similar schools were established in what was then the British Isles. The book contains a history of the school, censuses of 1901 and 1911, memorial inscriptions and a list of deaths etc. It’s a fascinating read and a most for the Irish military historian and genealogist alike.
No. 26 – Families of Newlands, Co. Dublin – A Genealogical Study (ISBN 1 898471 96 7). By Eamonn Dowling. Price €5.50 This volume sets out the relationships of the various families who occupied or had some connection with Newlands Demesne, near Clondalkin in CountyDublin, from the 16th century onwards. Understanding these connections is assisted by the provision of genealogies covering many generations of the families concerned.
No. 27 - Officers & Recruits of the Louth Rifles 1854-1876 SECOND EDITION (ISBN 1 898471 02 9). Compiled by Brendan Hall. Price €10.50 This is a revised second edition volume (see Irish Genealogical Sources No. 15) and concentrates on those persons who served with the Louth Rifles from its formation in 1854 until 1876 and, in the case of officers, their antecedents in the Louth Militia. As well as nominal lists other historical and contextual information has been extracted from a number of sources. This book is especially useful for persons with ancestors from Dundalk, Drogheda, Dunleer and indeed, most of Co. Louth.
No. 28 – Howth, Sutton, Kilbarrack & BaldoyleCountyDublin 1901 Census Index (ISBN 1 898471 07 X). Compiled by Marie Keogh. Price €6.00 This is a very useful heads of household and visitors finding aid to the villages of Howth, Sutton, Kilbarrack and Baldoyle in North County Dublin for the 1901 Census. It also contains an extract from Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary (1837) for the areas covered.
No. 29 - The Bradys of Cavan in history and genealogy (ISBN 1 898471 12 6) By Seán MacBradaigh, BA. Price €12.00 This is truly a remarkable labour of love as the author has collected in one volume research carried out over forty years in old manuscript genealogies, Depositions of 1641, Annals etc. and many more sources to provide a gem for all those with connections to Co. Cavan, especially with Brady ancestors.
No. 30 - John O’Donovan (1806-1861) Origin and Meanings of Irish Family Names including a description of the families of the Maguires and O’Reillys. Edited by G. H. O’Reilly (ISBN 1 898471 17 7) Price €7.00 This book contains reprints of the very fine articles contributed by John O’Donovan (1806-1861) to the “Irish Penny Journal” in 1841 and for “Duffy’s Hibernian Magazine” in 1861. There is also a short biography of this extraordinarily gifted man which was written in 1862 within a month of his death.
No. 31 - An Daonchartlann – The Official Opening of the Archive of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, Martello Tower, Seapoint, Co. Dublin. Edited by Margaret Conroy (ISBN 898471 32 0) Price €5.00 Includes a brief history of the Society and especially of the Martello Tower Project; A List of Contributors to the Building Fund; Descent of Denis O Conor Don, first President of the Society & some contemporary World Events; Editor’s Choice – a miscellany of articles published over the years.
No. 32 – At Anchorage in Dublin – the History of Bethel, the Welsh Chapel in Talbot Street, Dublin translated from the original Cymraeg (Welsh) by Dr. Meirion Llewelyn Williams (ISBN 978-898471-72-1) Price €6.00. Originally published as Wyrth Angor yn Nulyn in 1968 by Rev. Huw Llewelyn Williams (1904-1979) and is a unique history of a Welsh Methodist Chapel which was built in Thomas Street, in Dublin, in 1838. This new publication also includes the transcripts of the Register of Marriages from 1892 to 1936 and the Register of Baptisms from 1839 to 1923.
Weavers & Related Trades, Dublin 1826 - A Genealogical Source (ISBN 1 898471 15 0). By Seán Magee. Price €7.00 The author has skilfully researched the Op 726 and OP 727 series of records in the National Archives in Dublin and extracted the names, addresses, family details and trades of the persons applying for relief of distress due to the collapse of the Irish textile industry in 1826. This is not only a genealogical source, but a very valuable publication for the social historian.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Féil-Scríbhinn Liam Mhic Alasdair – Essays Presented to Liam Mac Alasdair, FGSI. (ISBN 978-1-898471-67-7) edited by Rory J. Stanley. Price €10.00. A Festschrift (Féil-Scríbhinn in Irish) of essays by authors from Ireland and overseas on a range of subjects from genealogy, heraldry, social history, military history, Orders of Chivalry, cultural studies, ethnicity, clan/sept histories, family histories and the Irish Diaspora (Published December 8th 2009) (Special Limited Publication)
PUBLICATIONS ON CD ROM
The Society has two publications on CD Rom, firstly one containing all three volumes of the Memorial Inscriptions of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Co. Dublin, Ireland – Vol. 1 includes the following graveyards:- Barrington’s Burial Ground; Blackrock College; Dominican Convent, Dún Laoghaire; Old Glencullen; Kiltiernan Church of Ireland; Loughlinstown; Old Connaught; Rathmichael (Old Church); St. Brigid’s Church of Ireland and Tully Graveyard. Vol. 2 is a special publication on the Friends Burial Ground, Temple Hill, Blackrock and Vol. 3 contains the following graveyards: Carmelite Monastery; CarrickbrennanCemetery; Kill of the GrangeCemetery and SionHillCemetery. This CD is fully searchable and easy to use. Normally each of these three volumes would cost €7.00 plus postage however the CD costs just €15.00 including postage. Secondly, a publication of immense assistance to those tracing ancestors in the British forces in Ireland up to 1922 “Memorial Inscriptions of Military Personnel and Their Families” is now available at €10.00 including postage.
Memorial Inscriptions of Ireland – Vol. 1 No. 1 – includes memorials from St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Clontarf, Co. Dublin; St. Canice’s Cemetery, Finglas, Co. Dublin; Moravian Cemetery, Whitechurch, Co. Dublin; St. Peter’s Churchyard, Little Bray, Co. Wicklow and Knockcommon, Rosnaree and Tymoole Graveyards, Co. Meath. Price: €10.00, including postage.
Other Publications in Preparation
The Memorial Inscriptions of the Jewish Cemetery, Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin(including a translation of the Hebrew inscriptions and a history of this graveyard by our Vice President, Stuart Rosenblatt, PC, FGSI)
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