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Title: Link: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Wednesday 04 January 06 19:48 GMT (UK)
http://www.museum.ie/en/intro/natural-history.aspx (http://www.museum.ie/en/intro/natural-history.aspx)  Merrion Street, Dublin 2
http://www.museum.ie/en/list/find-us-national-museum-ireland-decorative-arts-history.aspx (http://www.museum.ie/en/list/find-us-national-museum-ireland-decorative-arts-history.aspx) Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 
http://www.museum.ie/en/intro/archaeology-and-ethnography-museum.aspx (http://www.museum.ie/en/intro/archaeology-and-ethnography-museum.aspx) Kildare Streeet, Dublin 2   
http://www.dublincastle.ie/VisitorFacilities/TheRevenueMuseum (http://www.dublincastle.ie/VisitorFacilities/TheRevenueMuseum) Dublin Castle, Dublin 2   
http://www.writersmuseum.com Parnell Square, Dublin (http://www.writersmuseum.com Parnell Square, Dublin)
http://www.tourist-information-dublin.co.uk/national-wax-museum/national-wax-museum.htm Granby Row, Parnell Square, Dublin
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Thursday 12 January 06 08:55 GMT (UK)
The Archivist,
Garda Síochána Museum/Archives,
The Records Tower,
Dublin Castle,
Dublin 2
Phone: +353 - 1 - 6719597
http://www.policehistory.com/museum.html (http://www.policehistory.com/museum.html)
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Wednesday 22 March 06 10:04 GMT (UK)
Fingal Genealogy
http://www.irish-roots.net/dublin-north-fingal.asp
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Monday 10 July 06 17:35 BST (UK)
Dublin Historical and Family History Groups
 Balbriggan and District Historical Society  (http://www.balbrigganhistory.net)
 Foxrock Local History Club  (http://homepage.eircom.net/~foxrocklocalhistory/index.html) was founded in 1981.
 Kilmacud - Stillorgan Local History Society  (http://homepage.eircom.net/%7Ecliveocr)
 Rathmichael Historical Society  (http://www.dublin.ie/websites/rathmichael/default.asp)
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Monday 04 June 07 03:23 BST (UK)
https://libcat.dublincity.ie (https://libcat.dublincity.ie)
lists all items in the Dublin City Public Libraries system. You can search by author, title or keyword.

 The National Library of Ireland  (http://www.tcd.ie/Library/) has several online catalogues ....
Books and Periodicals
Manuscripts
Newspapers (Newsplan databases).
Photographs
Prints and Drawings

The website for  The Library of Trinity College, Dublin  (http://opac.lib.tcd.ie:8004/WebZ/GeacLIMIT?sessionid=01-29177-83974190:reset=true:bad=error/badfetch.html:next=html/geacnfdblist.html) contains four catalogues ...
Main Catalogue (From 1920)
Periodicals
Early Printed Books (Before 1920)
Reserve Collection Indexes
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Tuesday 14 August 07 02:37 BST (UK)
It's a little bit intimidating when you've hit a brick wall and received no replies from RootsChatters except Ticker's list of sources. I've spotted some sites which contain more information about the National Archives of Ireland -  A Guide to the National Archives of Ireland - Internet Edition  (http://homepage.eircom.net/%257Eseanjmurphy/nai/index.htm) is one which I think will prove helpful to members who intend to call there to do some research in the hope of finding their ancestors.

 Acquisitions from Private Sources  (http://homepage.eircom.net/%257Eseanjmurphy/nai/private.htm)
The Public Record Office of Ireland, in an effort to repair as much of the losses of 1922 as possible, acquired records from many private sources, a policy which the National Archives has endeavoured to continue. These private sources have included business firms, solicitors' offices, trade unions, charities, estate offices and private individuals. From 1922-30 records acquired from private sources were referenced in a complicated scheme designed to replicate the pre-1922 arrangement of records under a large number of headings. From 1931-72 records have been referenced under a more simplified scheme

The above paragraph refers to Business Records. In 1970, the Irish Manuscripts Commission initiated a survey of business records with the object of locating and reporting on collections in the Republic of Ireland and ensuring the preservation of material of historical interest. Since then, the survey has examined the records of over 5000 firms and other institutions and over 600 collections of records have been transferred for safekeeping to the National Archives, under whose aegis it now operates. There are 338 records in the subcategory  'Business Records Survey'  (http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search/index.php?browse=true&category=15&subcategory=84) on the National Archives website. I'm certain, if you don't succeed in finding the particular business in which you think your ancestor may have been employed an e-mail to the National Archives may result in you receiving a reply telling you whether they have records for that business. If your ancestors were employed in the six counties of Northern Ireland then send an e-mail to PRONI as they also have a collection of Business Records.


Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Thursday 11 October 07 13:56 BST (UK)
Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora (General Register Office Research Room)
Joyce House, 8/11 Lombard Street East , Dublin , 2. 

The Research Room is open from Monday to Friday, (excluding public holidays) from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. for the purpose of searching the indexes to birth, death and marriage records and obtaining photocopies / certificates.  Joyce House is situated near the junction of Pearse Street/Westland Row. 

The above research facility closed on Tuesday 27th November last year.

The Research Room is now located at ...
Block 7
Irish Life Centre,
Lower Abbey Street,
Dublin 1.

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Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Wednesday 16 January 08 02:42 GMT (UK)
Old Dublin Society- Fault with website 2014
 The Old Dublin Society was founded in 1934 to promote the study of the history of Dublin and of Dubliners. The Society publishes Dublin Historical Record twice yearly. Membership of the Society is open to everyone interested in Dublin history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dublin_Society
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Friday 07 March 08 20:44 GMT (UK)
Here's a list of helpful links for RootsChatters coming to Ireland to research their family history and are planning to visit the Dublin City Library and Archives when they are in Dublin ...

 DublinHeritage.ie (http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Heritage%20and%20History/dublinheritage.ie/Pages/index.aspx)
 Family History Research (http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Heritage%20and%20History/Family%20History/Pages/index.aspx)
 Guide to Pre 1840 Collections (http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Heritage%20and%20History/Dublin%20City%20Archives/Collections%20Pre%201840/Pages/pre_1840_collections_I.aspx)
 Reading Room (http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/Heritage%20and%20History/reading%20room/Pages/index.aspx)
Title: Exhibition at the Genealogical and Heraldic Museum
Post by: Christopher on Sunday 04 May 08 05:39 BST (UK)
Do any of the Dublin members know what has happened to the Genealogical and Heraldic Museum? It's the only museum of its kind in the world. According to an article in the March/April edition of "History Ireland" the National Library of Ireland are staging an exhibition in the building which is a couple of doors away from the main Library. www.homeandabroad.com/c/41/Site/48592_Heraldic_Museum_Genealogical_Office_visit.html

The exhibition "Strangers to Citizens - the Irish in Europe 1600-1800" concentrates on the emigration of the Irish pre the Great Famine as this has been a major part of Irish history since the sixteenth century. Academics, members of the aristocracy, unemployed members of the military and ministers of religion all emigrated from Ireland at one time or another.
www.visitdublin.com/Events/AllDublinEvents/Detail.aspx?id=242&mid=3867
Title: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount Historical Society
Post by: Christopher on Thursday 12 June 08 18:38 BST (UK)
The Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount Historical Society was founded in 2007 www.bdshistory.org/index.html
Title: Marsh Library Dublin
Post by: Christopher on Tuesday 01 July 08 18:26 BST (UK)
Marsh's Library, built in 1701 by Archbishop Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713), was the first public library in Ireland. It was designed by Sir William Robinson (d.1712) the Surveyor General of Ireland, and is one of the very few 18th century buildings left in Dublin that is still being used for its original purpose. The Library still contains the wired alcoves (cages) where readers were locked in while they studied rare books. www.marshlibrary.ie
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Thursday 16 October 08 18:59 BST (UK)
The documents and records held by TCD include those for the Incorporated Society for Promoting Protestant Schools in Ireland. In these are the return of apprentices for the period 1744-1879. Would these relate to students entering an apprenticeship when they left school?  www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O28478
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: Christopher on Wednesday 22 October 08 22:35 BST (UK)
This is a new archive which contains information on former pupils’ service with both the Irish and British armed forces. Among the past pupils of the college was Kevin Barry, the IRA Volunteer who was executed in November 1920. Please send any enquiries by post.

The site shows former Old Belvederians who received a Knighthood. If anyone knows of other Knights or can add to the Museum archivist's knowledge of the any of the Knights on the list please get in touch with the Museum. www.belvederecollege.ie/Museum1.htm
Title: Re: LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & HISTORY GROUPS
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 09 September 09 22:00 BST (UK)
Genealogical Society of Ireland (http://www.familyhistory.ie/)