Summer Talks NLI, 2015: Dr. Gianpiero Cavalleri – The Irish DNA Atlas
19 April 2016Outline: The Irish DNA Atlas. We all carry a record of our origins in our genes. Genetic genealogy uses DNA testing with documentary evidence, to prove family connections. Our first speaker, Dr. Gianpiero Cavalleri outlined how genetic genealogy works, and described one of the projects he’s involved in –...
Expert Workshops at the National Library of Ireland, February 2016. Aileen Wynne – Public speaking
19 April 2016Aileen Wynne Outline: The natural environment for genealogists and family historians is a library, study or archive. So how do we prepare when we have to give a presentation: at a society monthly meeting or conference? In this podcast Toastmaster Aileen Wynne shares winning strategies and handy tips in the art...
Summer Talks, NLI 2015: Raymond Gillespie – Irish Census records
19 April 2016Outline: The house on Bunion Hill – an Irish census project How do you write local history? In the past people worked within a world of family and community. For that reason, genealogy is a very important resource for the local historian but is often forgotten about, as local historians...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland, 2015. Jayne Shrimpton: Family Photographs
19 April 2016Dating and Understanding Family Photographs This podcast explains how to date old family photographs using various techniques, including recognising photographic formats, dating mount styles, researching studios and dating fashion clues. It also covers the kinds of special occasions that prompted our ancestors to visit the photographer, such as marriage, christening...
Summer Talks NLI, 2015. Rob Goodbody, Ireland’s industrial heritage
19 April 2016Rob Goodbody What Industrial Heritage Outline: Renowned historical geographer, Rob Goodbody, discusses Ireland’s industrial heritage in the 19th and 20th Centuries. It’s a truism that Ireland never had much industry to speak of, so does Ireland have an industrial heritage? Rob Goodbody takes us beyond manufacturing industry, and looks at...
PODCASTS
19 April 2016The Following are podcasts from our Expert Talks in The National Library of Ireland during the Summer of 2015. Liz Rushen:The migration of Irish women to colonial Australia by Dr Liz Rushen Gianpiero Cavalleri:The Irish DNA Atlas Ray Gillespie: The house on Bunion Hill: an Irish census project Rob Goodbody: What...
Summer Talks NLI, 2015. Ned Kelly – Bog bodies
19 April 2016The Secrets of The Bog Bodies Bog bodies are rare survivals of human remains from earlier times. The properties of bogs are such that, occasionally, bodies are preserved to an exceptional degree with hair, skin, hands, internal organs and other soft tissue intact. Prehistoric bog bodies found recently...
Summer talks NLI, 2015: Paul Rouse – Sport
19 April 2016Outline: Sport and the Everyday in Ireland. There are aspects of Ireland’s sporting history that are uniquely Irish and defined by the peculiarities of life on a small island on the edge of Europe. The Irish sporting world is unique only in part, however; much of the history of Irish...
Summer Talks NLI 2015: Brian Donovan – tracing WW1 and Irish revolutionary ancestors
19 April 2016Outline: Irish Soldiers & Rebels: tracing WW1 and Irish revolutionary ancestors The years 1912-23 saw the deaths of over 75,000 from Ireland in armed conflict, from the fields of France to the streets of Dublin. Irish men and women took arms to fight for Irish freedom, to defend the...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland, 2015: Seamus O Maitiu – Getting Started in Local History
19 April 2016Seamus O’Matiu Outline: Getting Started in Local History Seamus O’Matiu introduces a range of documents that can be used for the study of local history. He explains why local history can enrich our understanding of personal and family history. Listen here now Listen to all the podcasts from our...
Summer Talks in the National Library of Ireland, 2015. Dr. David Edwards: the Tudor Conquest
19 April 2016Outline: The Tudor Conquest of Ireland: Untold Stories The Tudor conquest shouldn’t be understood solely in terms of set piece battles, massacres and scorched earth policies.Between 1546 and 1603 English forces in Ireland engaged in low-level campaigns, garrisons and local patrols.From the 1560s garrison governments across the country used martial...
Summer Talks NLI, 2015. Prof Kevin Whelan, Maps
19 April 2016Kevin Whelan, Outline: Kevin Whelan considers a brief history of Irish maps, and how they can be used to document history from below. Maps are factual, but they also record peoples’ thoughts and impressions. Early maps are almost pictorial: from the first printed stand-alone map of Ireland in 1488;...
