A rare and unusual source bringing to life a wealth of local and social history in Co. Galway has been revealed by the RCB Library. Rector’s registers, where individual members of the clergy would make notes and write up their …
The Church of Ireland Historical Society is pleased to announce that it will host its spring conference in a virtual format. It will be held on Saturday, 7 May 2022 and both members and day participants can hear our fantastic four speakers via Zoom …
Date for your diary: COIHS Spring Conference (online), 7 May 2022 Read more »
Among the many treasures held in the RCB Library is a unique item that gives a glimpse of the political situation in a rural town in Co. Dublin in the mid-1890s. Electoral registers from this time give a list of …
Annotated Copy of the Electoral Register for Naul Polling District,Co. Dublin, 1893 Read more »
The Church of Ireland Historical Society is pleased to announce that it will host its winter conference in a virtual format. It will be held on Saturday, 16 November 2021 and both members and day participants can hear our fantastic four speakers via Zoom …
Date for your Diary: COIHS Winter Conference (online), 6 November 2021 Read more »
One hundred years ago this month, the Irish Border was created by the Government of Ireland Act which came into force on 3rd May 1921. Collaborating with the Church of Ireland’s Historical Centenaries Working Group, the RCB Library is marking …
Marking the Centenary of Partition and the Foundation of Northern Ireland Read more »
Geashill parish church is located in County Offaly and the Diocese of Kildare. The parish is an ancient one, with clerical succession lists recording rectors as far back as 1218, and a union with the Augustinian monastery of Killeigh being …
One hundred years ago this month, the Irish Border was created by the Government of Ireland Act which came into force on 3rd May 1921. Collaborating with the Church of Ireland’s Historical Centenaries Working Group, the RCB Library is marking …
The Church of Ireland Historical Society is pleased to announce that it will host its spring conference in a virtual format. It will be held on Saturday, 17 April 2021 and both members and day participants can hear our fantastic four speakers via Zoom …
Date for your diary: COIHS Spring Conference (online), 17 April 2021 Read more »
The Church of Ireland Historical Society is pleased to announce that it will host its winter conference in a virtual format. It will be held on Saturday, 7 November 2020 and both members and day participants can hear our fantastic four speakers via Zoom …
WE’RE BACK! Date for your diary: COIHS Winter Conference (online), 7 November 2020 Read more »
Marking the 100th anniversary of the Belfast Riots, Prof Brian M Walker, Professor Emeritus of Irish Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, in collaboration with the Representative Church Body Library, Dublin, has produced a timely piece on the bridge-building contribution of one …
Outreach in the Midst of Conflict: The Revd John Redmond in 1920s Belfast Read more »