Uncovering Our Connemara Roots: Genealogical Conference
Date: 30th May–1st June 2012
Location: Station House Theatre, Clifden, Co. Galway
Wednesday 30th May 2012
5:00pm–6:00 pm Welcome Reception
Speaker: Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill
Venue: Station House Theatre
6:00pm–7:00pm In Search of a Better Way of Life:
Emigration from Connemara in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
A talk by Dr Gerard Moran, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Venue: Station House Theatre
8:00pm Gala 4 Course Dinner
Entertainment with Traditional Music and Sean-Nós Dancing
Venue: Omey Suite, Station House Hotel
Thursday 31st May 2012
9am–5pm Lectures – Sources: Home and Abroad
Venue: Station House Theatre
9:00–9:45 Registration, Tea/Coffee
9:45–10:00 Welcome by Marie Mannion,
Heritage Officer, Galway County Council
10:00–11:00 Rob Goodbody
Introduction to Land Records
11:00–12:00 Gregory O’Connor
National Archives Sources
12:00–12:20 Coffee Break
12:20–1:20 John Grenham – United Kingdom Sources
1:20–2:15 Lunch
2:15–3:15 Eileen O Dúill – Finding Cousins in the
United States of America: Research in American Sources
3:15–4:15 Simon Fowler – Researching Ancestors
who Served in the British Armed Forces
4:15–4:45 Question and Answers Open Forum
4:45 Coffee and Close
Evening Programme
8–9pm The Robert Burns of Connemara?
The Life and Legacy of Micheal Mac Suibhne (‘The Poet Sweeney’),
1760–1820 by Dr. Irene Whelan
Venue: Station House Hotel
Friday 1st June 2012
10:30am–1pm The Home Experience Exploring 7000 Years of West Connemara from Megalithic Times to the 19th Century. A coach trip of West Connemara with Michael Gibbons, local historian and archaeologist.
For more information visit www.clifden2012.org or tel. 087 901 7406/ email Irene@clifden2012.org