Máire Mac Conghail, B.A., F.I.G.R.S., M.A.P.G.I.
14 Ascaill Ghairbhile,
Ráth Garbh,
Baile Átha Cliath 6,
Ireland.
Tel: (353 - 1) 497 4621
E Mail: mairemacconghail@eircom.net
Areas of research: All of Ireland
Special interests: West Cork, Kerry and North Mayo.
As Gaeilge
Tá Máire i mbun taighde ghinealais
agus staire le breis is tríocha bliain. Fuair
sí a cuid traenála san Oifig Ghinealais/Leabharlann
Náisiúnta faoi stiúradh Eilish
Ellis, M.A., F.APGI agus Gearóid Ó Sléibhín,
nach maireann, iar-Phríomh-Aralt na hÉireann.
Glacadh
lei mar bhall de Chumann na nGinealeolaithe Gairmiúla
in Éirinn (APGI) sa bhliain 1991.
Céimí de hOllscoil na hÉireann
(Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha
Cliath) í agus ghnóthaigh sí an
Dioplóma sa Stair Logáinte, Ollscoil
na hÉireann, Má Nuad, sa bhliain 1997.
Tá
Máire gaftha leis an tSeirbhís Ghinealais
sa Chartlann Náisiúnta.
I dteannta a comhghleacaithe Paul
Gorry scríobhadar Tracing Irish Ancestors
a dfoilsigh HarperCollins i ndeireadh na mbliana
1997.
Tá sí ina ball de Chomhairle
an Irish Genealogical Research Society
(IGRS).
Bhí sí
ina comhalta de Bhord Leabharlann Náisiúnta na
hÉireann 2005-2010.
Tá Máire ina comhalta de Choimisiún Lámhscríbhinní
na hÉireann.
In
English
Máire Mac Conghail has been working as a
genealogist for over thirty years. She received
her training at the Genealogical Office under the
stewardship
of Eilish Ellis and the late Gerard Slevin, then
Chief Herald of Ireland.
Early
in her career Máire graduated from the National
University of Ireland (University College, Dublin).
More recently, in 1997, she was awarded the Diploma
in Local Studies from NUI, Maynooth. She has been
a member of APGI since 1991, and she has taught
Adult Education courses in family history at Oldbawn,
Tallaght, Kiltiernan and Kilcross, Sandyford, Co.
Dublin. As an APGI member Máire participates
in the Genealogy Service of the National Archives.
She and her APGI colleague Paul Gorry were commissioned
by HarperCollins to write Tracing Irish Ancestors,
which was published at the end of 1997.
Máire
served as Hon. Secretary of APGI in 1995-1997, and
as Hon. Treasurer in 1999-2005. Máire
is a member of the Council of the Irish Genealogical
Research Society (IGRS) and a former Chairman of
its Ireland Branch.
She served as Chairman of the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO) in 2001/2002.
She was a member of the Board of the National Library of Ireland 2005-2010. Máire is a member of the Irish Manuscripts
Commission/CChoimisiún Lámhscríbhinní
na hÉireann.
In September 2005 she was elected a Fellow of the
IGRS.
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