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,…
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Listen back: COIHS Armagh 2019
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
Looking back: Armagh conference 2019
On Saturday 6th April, the Church of Ireland Historical Society (COIHS) hosted its first conference of the year in the Armagh Robinson Library. We had a superb turnout and wish to thank members, both old and new as well as…
Tagged with: Armagh, Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, eighteenth century, Francis Hutchinson, Medieval, Neely Prize, Postgraduate, RCB Library, records, Reformation, register
The Irish Huguenot Archive
For the first time a detailed finding aid to the content of the Irish Huguenot Archive is now available online. In 1993, the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland entered into an agreement with the Representative Church Body to…
Tagged with: archive, baptism, burial, Church of Ireland, eighteenth century, genealogy, Huguenot, La Touche, manuscript, marriage, nineteenth century, RCB Library, register
The Muniments of Swift’s Cathedral
Although by no means complete, having suffered the ravages of time, including flood, fire and neglect, the scope of the muniments of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, (Swift’s cathedral) is vast. The collection contains records from as early as the 13th…
Tagged with: drawings, eighteenth century, maps, music, nineteenth century, photographs, RCB Library, Research, St Patrick's Cathedral, Swift, twentieth century
The Church of Ireland and its past
The Church of Ireland Historical Society is pleased to announce that The Church of Ireland and its past: history, interpretation and identity, edited by Mark Empey, Alan Ford and Miriam Moffitt, is now out and available in all good bookstores. Co-funded…
Sneak peak: Episcopal visitations of the diocese of Meath 1622-1799
To mark the publication of the Representative Church Body Library‘s latest volume in its Texts and Calendars series: Episcopal visitations of the diocese of Meath 1622-1799 (taking place tomorrow, Thursday, 6 July at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Trim) we offer a brief insight…
The Jacobite Risings: material from St Canice’s Cathedral collection
The Russell Library at Maynooth University is hosting an exhibition for the month on July on the theme ‘Exploring the Jacobite Risings’. This includes material from the St. Canice’s Cathedral collection which is now preserved at the library following a…
Episcopal visitations of the diocese of Meath, 1622-1799
On Thursday, 6 July, the Most Revd Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath & Kildare, will launch the latest volume in the Representative Church Body Library’s Texts and Calendars series: Episcopal visitations of the diocese of Meath, 1622-1799. It is edited by Dr Michael…
Tagged with: Books, Church of Ireland, eighteenth century, Meath, parish, RCB Library, records, Reformation, seventeenth century, St Patrick's Cathedral
Church Architectural Drawings Project: Tuam Diocesan Collection
The latest phase of the project to digitize, catalogue and make available online the Representative Church Body Library’s collections of architectural drawings of churches has resulted in the processing of drawings from the western Diocese of Tuam. To date (as…
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