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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

PRONI Lectures at the Linenhall Library

The Linenhall Library is to be host to another series of lunchtime lectures delivered by staff from the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and guest speakers from the University of Ulster.
The lectures are free and will be held on the last Wednesday of the month as follows:

26 October 2011 

'Planting liberties and undertakers: the Ulster Scheme'

by Dr Glynn Kelso, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

30 November 2011

'Conflict Archive on the Internet'

by Dr Brendan Lynn, University of Ulster

25 January 2012

'Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases: Medical and Health Records at PRONI'

by Mr David Huddleston, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

29 February 2012

'Holy Island: the Rathlin Catechism'

by Dr Andrew Sneddon, University of Ulster

28 March 2012

'Gone for good: PRONI sources on emigration'

by Dr Ann McVeigh, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

25 April 2012

'Snap Happy: Shorts’ photographic archive at PRONI'

by Mr Ian Montgomery, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

30 May 2012

'Good Sport: PRONI’s sports and leisure archives'

by Dr Glynn Kelso, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
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The talks will start at 1pm in the Performance Area of the Linenhall Library.  Everyone welcome.

Saturday, 20 August 2011

'Exploring Local History' Lectures at PRONI

PRONI and The Open University in Ireland (OUI) will be delivering a Local History lecture series, beginning in September 2011. Dr Janice Holmes, Dr Olwen Purdue and Dr Barry Sheehan (OUI) will examine major themes and local history sources, with PRONI staff presenting examples from PRONI's collections.

29th September:What is Irish Local History?
27th October:Poverty
26th January:Crime
23rd February:Religion
29th March:Urban History
26th April:Families

Lectures will run from 6.30-8pm at PRONI.

Admission FREE but booking essential.

Please contact PRONI to secure your place.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
2 Titanic Boulevard, BELFAST, BT3 9HQ
E proni@dcalni.gov.uk T.(+44) 028 9O53 4800