Professional genealogist; past president, Accredited Genealogists Ireland; chairman, Irish Genealogical Research Society; executive liaison officer, CIGO.
Dublin, Ireland
Joined July 2015
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I was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme this morning about the Methodist Church in Ireland’s recent report of human sexuality. Wind through to 16:24 in the recording to hear it. @irishmethodist bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00209…
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A few snaps of our church decorated for our annual Harvest Thanksgiving service on Sunday just gone, taken before the congregation began arriving. 🌾🍁🍂🥬🍑🍐🍁🍁
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AGI member Nicola Morris spoke at the Dublin Festival of History today on “Where There’s a Will: using the Registry of Deeds Wills collection for Family History”. Find out more about the event here: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/e…
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📜 New from AGI: An Introduction to Civil Registration in Ireland. Discover how Ireland's civil registration system developed and why birth, marriage & death records are among the most important sources for tracing Irish ancestors.
🔗 accreditedgenealogists.ie/ac…
#IrishGenealogy
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Looking for a speaker on Irish genealogy? AGI members offer talks on a wide range of topics, with in person and online presentations available. See our Speakers List for details and contacts: accreditedgenealogists.ie/wp…
#IrishGenealogy #GenealogySpeakers #AGI
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August Image of the Month: A Timely Look-back at the Origins of our Organisation by Paul Gorry FAGI: accreditedgenealogists.ie/ti…
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AGI Member Jillian van Turnhout features in an article in today’s edition of The Irish Times: irishtimes.com/business/2026…
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Image of the Month – July 2026
by Tony Hennessy MAGI - The joy of discovering old photographs: accreditedgenealogists.ie/i-…
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Discover your family story. Enrol now for the Diploma in Family History Research with City Colleges Dublin & AGI. Autumn 2026: accreditedgenealogists.ie/ag…
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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It's #MapMonday
This 1974–75 map shows where letters to Cara-Friend were sent from across NI. Cara-Friend has supported the LGBTQI+ community through information, advice and listening services. This map is part of the Cara-Friend archive at PRONI. 🏳️🌈
PRONI ref: D4437/4/6/1
ALT Map of Northern Ireland. The outline of Ulster is highlighted in red. There are blue dots placed in areas around the map with numbers written beside them.
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Applications are now open for the Autumn 2026 Diploma in Family History at City Colleges Dublin - delivered in collaboration with AGI, it’s designed for anyone with a passion for Irish genealogy: accreditedgenealogists.ie/ag…
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AGI Launches New “Tracing Forward” Resource to Help Descendants of Irish Emigrants Find Living Family Connections: accreditedgenealogists.ie/ac…
Interesting news…the @pciassembly might want to give consideration to this turn of events!
20 charities have been removed from the Public Register of Charities, following an increase in complaints to the Charities Regulator by almost 40% in Ireland last year.
rte.ie/news/2026/0721/158443…
Good. The Executive in Northern Ireland needs to follow suit by keeping its promises to introduce similar legislation.
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Search indexes of transcriptions of church records and gravestone inscriptions compiled by NIFHS. You can then visit our Research Centre to see the full transcription or, if you are a member of the Society, request a Look up digitally.
Go to nifhs.org
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New from AGI: A comprehensive guide to Griffith’s Valuation: explaining how to use this essential mid-19th century resource to locate families, understand landholdings, and uncover the social history of Irish communities: accreditedgenealogists.ie/wp…
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A report from Saunders's News-Letter of the opening day of Trinity Term at the Four Courts in June 1808. The Lord Chancellor at the time was an Englishman, Thomas Manners, and his levee would have been held at his Dublin residence, 51 St Stephen's Green, now the Department of Justice. The swearing in of the Grand Jury was an important part of the first day of term in the Four Courts. Grand juries, made up of prominent local businessmen and gentry, performed an important function in determining whether there was sufficient evidence for criminal cases to proceed to full trial and also had significant local government functions.
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Ruins of the Four Courts, Dublin, 1922, painting by Kathleen Fox, Irish artist (1880-1963).
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New book 'Workhouse Lives: Staffing Institutions Under the Old and New Poor Laws' edited by Steve King & Samantha Shave amzn.to/3PZ3dD5
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New book: 'Petty Tyranny and Oppression: Workhouse Lives Under the Long Nineteenth-Century Poor Laws' by Paul Carter and Steve King amzn.to/4vtsN2d
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📢 Census of Ireland, 1851
Partial reconstruction of the 1851 census of Thomas Street, Dublin, from Chart's index, with additions from Thom's directory, 1851. virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI…
