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,…
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The Bank Holiday Read: A Visual Window to an Ecclesiastical World Exhibition
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
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
The Weekend Read: Publication of early 19th-century architectural albums online
The project to digitize, catalogue and make available online the Church of Ireland’s collections of architectural drawings of churches housed in the Representative Church Body (RCB) Library has reached another significant landmark, with the completion of imaging ten albums of…
Tagged with: architecture, Church of Ireland, history, James Pain, Joseph Welland, nineteenth century
The Strokestown (Bumlin) Parish Registers 1811-1969
Those with an interest in the Longford/Roscommon region might be particularly interested in the latest finding at the Representative Church Body Library. Below is transcribed content of the parish registers of the former union of Bumlin, Kiltrustan and Lissonuffy in…
St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick: newly discovered 19th Century Renovation Story
St Mary’s Cathedral in Limerick was founded in 1168 by King Domnhall Mor O’Brien (descendant of Brian Boru) and purportedly built on the site of the royal residence of the kings of Munster. This year has marked the 850th year…
Looking back: Dublin conference 2018
On Saturday 3rd November, the Church of Ireland Historical Society (COIHS) hosted its second conference of the year in the Music Room at Christ Church Cathedral. We had a superb turnout and wish to thank members, both old and new…
Tagged with: architecture, Christ Church Cathedral, Church of Ireland, conference, Galway, Medieval, nineteenth century, podcasts, reform, Reformation, Whately
Date for your diary: COIHS Winter Conference 3 November 2018
The Church of Ireland Historical Society’s second conference of the year will be on Saturday, 3 November 2018 in Christ Church Cathedral’s Music Room, Dublin. Tea and coffee will be served from 10.30am and the first paper will start at 11am. Confirmed speakers are…
Tagged with: architecture, Christ Church Cathedral, Church of Ireland, conference, Dublin, Galway, Irish, Medieval, nineteenth century, reform, Reformation, Whately
Human interest stories from the Gazette: the miraculous escape of St Mark’s church congregation, 1912
Another decade’s worth of editions of the weekly newspaper, the Church of Ireland Gazette, from 1924 to 1933, has just been digitized and uploaded online by the RCB Library, where they may be consulted as a freely-searchable resource. This means…
Tagged with: Church of Ireland, Gazette, newspaper, nineteenth century, Offaly, parish, twentieth century
The Strokestown (Bumlin) Vestry Book, 1811-1870
The value of the Church of Ireland vestry minute book as a resource for social, economic, religious, and indeed legal history at parish level is immeasurable. A local historian and native of Roscommon, Alan Moran, has transcribed the entire content…
Tagged with: Bumlin, Church of Ireland, Famine, local history, nineteenth century, parish, Roscommon, Strokestown, Vestry Book
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