The opening of ‘Cúinne Caird’, a collection of Irish books and related materials of the late Bishop Donald Caird (1925-2017), took place in the RCB Library on Saturday, 14th September 2019. This printed collection was presented to the RCB Library…
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Events to mark Disestablishment 150
As you may know, the Church of Ireland is currently marking the 150th anniversary of its Disestablishment (summarised succinctly as D150). The Act of Union 1800 united the Churches of England and Ireland ‘into one Protestant Episcopal Church’, a status…
Heritage Week: Talks on History and the Church of Ireland
Heritage Week is back for another year! As usual the Church of Ireland tries to involved itself in various activities throughout the week and this year is no different. In what has been a busy year with the fantastic exhibition…
The Bank Holiday read: The Gazette’s coverage of Disestablishment in 1869
Drawing on the rich resources of the digitized and freely searchable Church of Ireland Gazette, Dr Miriam Moffitt has produced a timely analysis of the coverage of the Disestablishment story as it happened and was reported by the Gazette, the Church’s newspaper,…
Tagged with: Church of Ireland, Digitisation, Disestablishment, Gazette, nineteenth century, Protestant
The pre-Reformation World in Dublin & Glendalough: Alen Register digitised
As the RCB Library continues its efforts to digitize and make more resources available to a worldwide audience, a second of its most significant medieval manuscripts: the Liber Niger Alani being the record of John Alen (c.1476-1534), Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough,…
Tagged with: Christ Church Cathedral, Church of Ireland, Digitisation, Dublin, Medieval, RCB Library, Reformation, register, sixteenth century, Tudor
The Bank Holiday Read: A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World Exhibition
The RCB Library’s exhibition showcasing a selection of the Church of Ireland’s historical architectural drawings – entitled A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World – was launched on Tuesday, 7th May, by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke,…
Tagged with: architecture, archive, Church of Ireland, Derry, Digitisation, drawings, exhibition, nineteenth century, Raphoe, RCB Library, Tyrone
The Bank Holiday Read: ‘News Behind the News’ from the Gazette
The Church of Ireland Gazette – the Church’s weekly newspaper since 1856 – was written and read by lay and clerical members among others. It provides the longest-running public commentary on its affairs, and as such recognised as a valuable primary source for…
Tagged with: bicycle, Church of Ireland, Decade of Commemorations, Gazette, nineteenth century, parish, social history
Exhibition of Church of Ireland Architectural Drawings
An exhibition of the Church of Ireland’s historical architectural drawings – entitled A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World – will be launched by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke, next Tuesday evening (7th May) at the Architecture…
Listen back: COIHS Armagh 2019
Missed the last conference at Christ Church Cathedral on 3rd November? Members of the Church of Ireland Historical Society can now listen to the latest papers delivered by Professor Rachel Moss on the impact of the Reformation on medieval parish churches,…
Tagged with: Armagh, Church of Ireland, eighteenth century, Francis Hutchinson, Medieval, podcasts, RCB Library, records, Reformation
The Bank Holiday Read: the Kinmonths of Shandon, Cork
The RCB Library recently solved a genealogical mystery concerning the family of Kinmonth from the parish of St Anne’s, Shandon. Whilst originally a family name of Norman origins, and with strong links in Scotland, Kinmonth is not a typical Cork…
Tagged with: Cork, eighteenth century, genealogy, Kinmonths, nineteenth century, records, register, Shandon
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