LC Events

A Talk by Dr Seán Gannon will take place in Watch House Cross Library on Thursday 16th May at 6.30pm. Dr Seán Gannon discusses the transfer of 700 disbanded ex-RIC as a striking force/riot squad to Palestine in spring 1922 and assesses the extent to which they adopted an ‘Irish’ approach to their defence of British colonial […]

With a focus on Limerick, this workshop will take you through the available online resources for Irish genealogical research, including census returns, civil and ecclesiastical records, burial records, land records, registers of electors, trades’ directories, and local newspapers. Tea/Coffee will be served at the break. Limited number of spaces, booking is essential.

With a focus on Limerick, this talk will take you through the available online resources for Irish genealogical research, including census returns, civil and ecclesiastical records, burial records, land records, registers of electors, trades’ directories, and local newspapers.

Dr. Brian Hughes (MIC) and Dr. Seán Gannon (Limerick Local Studies) will discuss their Royal Irish Academy-funded ‘Oral History of the Royal Irish Constabulary' project which is investigating the lives of RIC personnel after the disbandment of the force in 1922.