January 2013

Family History Research

January 25, 2013 · 2 comments

in Family History,Research

by Ciara Kerrigan, Research Services Thousands of people visit us here at the NLI each year to carry out research on their family history. Many of these visitors know little or nothing about where to start; some may have found their family on the 1901 and 1911 Census Online and want to go back further, […]

Tagged as: Census Online, Ciara Kerrigan, City Directories, Family History, Family History Research, Genealogy, Genealogy Advisory Service, Heraldry, Landed Estates, Newspapers, Parish Registers

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Dublin Lockout Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh

January 18, 2013 · 4 comments

in Collections,Events

Part of our BiblioFiles Series – Wednesday 23 January at 7pm James Curry will be discussing the Dublin Lockout cartoons of EK or Ernest Kavanagh (1884-1916) next Wednesday 23rd in our Seminar Room. EK was an important cartoonist, yet relatively unknown today. He produced hard-hitting satirical cartoons for labour and nationalist newspapers, and also lent […]

Tagged as: 1913, Angel of Freedom, Artist of the Revolution, BiblioFiles, Cartoonist, Cartoons, Dublin Lockout, EK, Ernest Kavanagh, Irish Citizen, Irish Comics Wiki, James Curry, John Redmond, Padraig Yeates

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Celebrating the Commons on Flickr, Part Deux

January 15, 2013 · 7 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects,Research,Social Media

This is our second blog post celebrating the 5th anniversary of The Commons on Flickr which falls tomorrow, Wednesday 16 January. This means a 5th Birthday for the Library of Congress photostream. We’re not quite into the Terrible Twos on Flickr Commons ourselves yet here at the National Library of Ireland, but we’re certainly looking […]

Tagged as: A.H. Poole, Anner Castle, Cork, Daniel O'Connell, derangedlemur, Down, Eason Collection, Evictions, flickr, Flickr Commons, Flickroonies, Flying Hunstman, James Morley, John Spooner, Kilbroney, La Belle Province, Lawrence Collection, Library of Congress, Limerick, Linen, Linen Bleach Green, Mangolds, Michael Seery, Mitchelstown, MKSeery, mogey, National Library of Ireland, Neeps, NLI, O'Connell Monument, O'Connell Street, Poole Collection, Rostrevor, Rutabagas, Sackville Street, Sean Mulligan, Streetview, Swedes, swordscookie, Thom's Directories, Turnips, whatsthatpicture, Winifred Mandeville

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