News 2000
AUTUMN 2000 NEWS
MÁIRE MAC CONGHAIL GIVING CLASSES IN KILTERNAN
APGI member, Máire Mac Conghail, is giving
a ten week course of classes for beginners in genealogy
at Kilternan, Co. Dublin, for the Kilternan Adult
Education Committee. The course began on Monday
25 September and was fully subscribed in advance.
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APGI MEMBER LECTURING IN AUSTRALIA
After the Australasian Genealogical Congress in
Perth, Patricia Moorhead of APGI will be visiting
Melbourne and she will be presenting two lectures
there. The first, "Searching For Irish Ancestors" is
hosted by the Genealogical Society of Victoria
at it takes place at their premises in Queen Street,
Melbourne on Mon. 16th October 2000 at 6.00pm approx.
The second is hosted by the Australian Institute
of Genealogical Studies at the World Vision Centre
at the corner of Springvale Road and Burwood Highway,
Burwood. The title is "Beginning Your Irish
Research" and it takes place on Sat. 21st
October 2000 at 12 noon. This will be the first
time since March 1995 that an APGI member will
speak south of the Equator so it's an opportunity
not to be missed!
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SPRING 2000 NEWS
DEATH OF ERIC McAULIFFE
APGI members were saddened to learn of the death
of their former colleague, Eric McAuliffe, in December.
Eric was a professional genealogist in Dublin for
several decades. He was a friend and protégé of
the renowned Edward MacLysaght and a long standing
member of the Irish Genealogical Research Society.
With the late Dermot Blunden he transcribed memorial
inscriptions from several Co. Dublin graveyards
and these were published in the Irish Genealogist.
He was elected a Fellow of the IGRS in 1972. In
fact, he probably had the distinction of being
the only person to have been elected a Fellow twice,
as, in the late 1980s the IGRS again went about
honouring him, forgetting that he had already been
given their highest recognition.
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HENRY McDOWELL, President of KILDARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY
On a pleasant note, APGI congratulate our Vice-President,
Henry McDowell, on his election as President of
the Kildare Archaeological Society, one of Ireland's
oldest and most respected historical societies.
Harry has been associated with the Kildare Archaeological
Society and with Irish genealogy since the 1960s.
He was a founder member of APGI and was elected
a Fellow of the IGRS in 1989.
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APGI COUNCIL 2000
The APGI Officers and Council for 2000 are as
follows;
Council:
Eilish Ellis, Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl, Fiona Fitzsimons,
Paul Gorry, Muirín O'Briain
APGI MEMBER IS CHAIRMAN OF CIGO FOR 2000
APGI member, Steven C. ffeary-Smyrl, is Chairman
of the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations
(CIGO) for 2000. Steven has been our hard working
representative on CIGO since its inception. While
he is in the chair, APGI is entitled to two other
representatives on CIGO. Fiona Fitzsimons and Eileen Ó Dúill
have been selected for this task.
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