LOCAL HISTORY PUBLISHING SEMINAR and LAUNCH OF ANNALS OF BALLITORE

by mariocorrigan on March 24, 2009

Library Association of Ireland
Genealogy and Local Studies Group
Seminar
Local History Publishing in Ireland
Thursday 26th March 2009
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
The Genealogy and Local Studies (GENLOC) Group in association with the National Library of Ireland presents a daylong seminar on local history publishing in Ireland. The seminar fee is €40. If you wish to reserve a place, please contact Síle Coleman at scoleman@sdublincoco.ie or 01 4620073.
Programme
10:00 Tea/Coffee and registration, National Library of Ireland, Kildare
          Street, Dublin 2
10:30 Dr. Marian Lyons, History Department, St. Patrick’s College,
         Drumcondra
         Overview of Local History Publishing in Ireland
11:15: Willie Nolan, University College Dublin lecturer & Local History
           Publisher
         Academic Local History Publishing
12:00 Kieran Hoare, Galway Archaeological and Historical Society
         Local History Journals: Publication Economics, Methods and
         Formats.
12:45 Break for Lunch
2:00 Case Studies in Local History Publishing
         2:00 Joseph Forde, Loughrea History Project –
         Publishing Local History on a  FÁS Sponsored Programme
         2:20  Kieran Swords, South Dublin County Libraries –
         The Public Library as Local History Publisher – a Strategic View from South  Dublin County
         2:40  Bernadette Marks, Swords Historical Society –
        Swords Local History Publications
3:00 Noeleen Dowling, Journalist & Reviewer
        What makes local history a good read?
     
3:40 National Launch of The Annals of Ballitore


Upcoming Local History Publishing in Ireland Seminar and national launch of ‘The Annals of Ballitore, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Thursday 26th March. 

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