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General Secretary, Director & Fellow of the Genealogical Society of Ireland. Contested the 2007 Seanad Éireann General Election as a Nominee of the Genealogical Society of Ireland. I also contested the Selection Convention for the Labour Party for the 2009 Local Elections in Dún Laoghaire.
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Appeal to re-stock the Library of the University of Sarajevo
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GEORGE O'BRIEN, RIP
Son of Frederick O'Brien & Maura Merrigan of Dún Laoghaire - died suddenly Thurs. 29th July 2010. Autodidact and perfect gentleman. Very sadly missed by all of his friends and colleagues. RIP
NEW HQ FOR GSI
An Daonchartlann, Carlisle Pier, Dún Laoghaire Harbour.
Music while you read
BOOK REVIEW (June '10)
The Annals of the Four Masters
EYE DECLARE
Photographs by Andrew Gerard Ball
BOOK REVIEW (May '10)
Ireland and the Spanish Empire, 1600-1825
ASEN
Member of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity & Nationalism, London School of Economics, UK.
BOOK REVIEW (Apr.'10)
The Viking Age - Ireland and the West
An Ghaeilge
Príomhshuíomh Eolais na Gaeilge : Main Website for Irish Language Information
BOOK REVIEW (March '10) (1)
Plantation Ireland - Settlement and Material Culture, c. 1550-c.1700
BOOK REVIEW (March '10) (2)
The Ulster Earls and Baroque Europe
WHAT VIEW
'A Photographic Journey of Discovery'
BOOK REVIEW (Jan.'10)
Travellers' Accounts as Source-Material for Irish Historians
PROFILE
BOOK REVIEW (Dec.'09)
The Irish Franciscans 1534-1990
GAELG VIO
Manx Gaelic News
BOOK REVIEW (Nov. 2009) (1)
'Medieval Gaelic Sources' by Katherine Simms
IRISH JEWISH HERITAGE
Stuart Rosenblatt, PC, FGSI - renowned authority on the archival history of the Irish Jewish Community
BOOK REVIEW (Nov. 2009) (2)
'An Introduction to Early Irish Literature' by Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Ph.D. RESEARCH
UCD - School of History & Archives
BOOK REVIEW (Oct. 2009) (1)
Scotland and the Ulster Plantation - Explorations in the British Settlements of Stuart Ireland
BOOK REVIEW (Oct. 2009) (2)
Revising Robert Burns and Ulster - Literature, Religion and Politics, c1770-1920
Genealogical Society of Ireland : Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann
Co-Founder, Director, General Secretary & Fellow
ARTICLES ON-LINE
BOOK REVIEW (Sept. 2009)
The Making of British Unionism, 1740-1848 by Douglas Kanter
HISTORY IRELAND
Nov/Dec 2009 issue out and on-line archive launched
BOOK REVIEW (Aug. 2009)
'Maps in Those Days - Cartographic Methods Before 1850' by J.H. Andrews
IADT PCS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Members of the IADT PCS Alumni Association launch on 'Culture Night' Friday 25th September 2009. Click on photo for Constitution.
Irish Genealogies Amongst the Oldest in the World
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Ancestry of O Conor Don, President of the Genealogical Society of Ireland 1991-2000. Click on photo to view his ancestry chart with some contemporary historical events etc.
BOOK REVIEW (July 2009)
'A History of Irish Farming 1750-1950'
Guild of One-Name Studies Journal (Oct. 2000)
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Part 1 of my article on Irish One-Name Studies published October 2000.
Guild of One-Name Studies Journal (Jan. 2001)
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Part 2 of my article on Irish One-Name Studies published January 2001.
Recommended Web-Blogs
RELEASE THE 1926 CENSUS
BOOK REVIEW (June 2009)
'Fugitive Ireland - European Minority Nationalists and Irish Political Asylum, 1937-2008'
George Merrigan
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Grandfather (1899-1958) Dún Laoghaire
DRAFT COUNTY PLACENAMES POLICY
Presented to the Strategic Policy Committee on Culture, Community Development & Amenities of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council on 5 Dec. 2007 (click on photo)
Society's Archives
Selection of the manuscripts in the Archive of the Genealogical Society of Ireland
BOOK REVIEW (May 2009)
'Marsh's Library A Mirror on the World - Law, Learning and Libraries, 1650-1750'
Co-Founder, Director, General Secretary and Fellow of a National Heritage Organisation
Fellows of the GSI (2005) From left: Gárda Jim Herlihy, (Cork); Tony McCarthy, President of the Genealogical Society of Ireland (Cork City); Michael Merrigan, Secretary; Séamus Moriarty, Leas Chathaoirleach and Rory Stanley, Cathaoirleach of the Genealogical Society of Ireland
Angela Clifford (née Wisely & formerly MacMahon)
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My grandmother (maternal line) Angela Wisely, born Dublin City 1910, died London, England 1970
BOOK REVIEW (April 2009)
'Converts and Conversion in Ireland, 1650-1850'
Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire Link
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'Celtic cousins cooperating'
William (Bill) Merrigan
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Great Uncle Bill (1883-1958), Dún Laoghaire
BOOK REVIEW (Feb. 2009)
'The Vikings in Ireland - Settlement, trade and urbanization'
Monthly Open Meetings
Genealogical Society of Ireland organises monthly Open Meetings. Click on image for GSI website
New GSI President
Mr. Rory Stanley, FGSI, was elected as the third President of the Genealogical Society of Ireland in 2009.
'IRELAND OF THE HIDDEN CENTURIES'
A journey of rediscovery for most with Irish ancestry
BOOK REVIEW (Jan. 2009)
'Government, War and Society in Medieval Ireland'
An Daonchartlann
GSI Archives located the Carlisle Pier, Dún Laoghaire Harbour, Co. Dublin
LISBON REFORM TREATY
Dún Laoghaire the most pro-European constituency in Ireland voted YES to the Lisbon Reform Treaty on June 12th 2008 AND did so again on October 2nd 2009
BOOK REVIEW (Dec. 2008) (1)
'Confederate Ireland, 1642-1649'
The Last Wisely of Kildare
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Edward Wisely (1867-1951) - the last Wisely of Kildare. Family in the county from 12th century. My Great Grandfather on my mother's side. Buried Ballymore Eustace.
Copyright to Coats-of-Arms in Doubt
Coats-of-Arms of Town, Cities and Counties across Ireland - purchased by the Councils from the State without the transfer of copyright. Who or what owns the copyright to these Arms now?
BOOK REVIEW (Dec. 2008) (2)
'Photography and Photographs in Irish Local History'
Kathleen Wisely (née Shortt)
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Great Grandmother
HONOURING OUR MERITORIOUS CITIZENS
BOOK REVIEW (Nov. 2008)
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'Medieval Ireland - Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions'
Author of Coastal Plan
Coastal protection, leisure facilities, heritage protection/promotion and above all, public ownership & right of access proposed in 2001 (text available via link at foot of blog)
ISLE OF MAN - History, Culture & Language
'Skeealyn Vannin - Stories of Mann'
BOOK REVIEW (Oct. 2008) (1)
'Georgian Dublin'
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Community Award 2008 - County Hall, Dún Laoghaire
Our Celtic Cousins
As a delegate to the Holyhead Dún Laoghaire Link Organisation, I proposed the establishment of a third level college at Holyhead. This proposal became the basis for a Stg£30m investment package by the British government for the development of a Lifelong Learning Centre at Holyhead.
BOOK REVIEW (Oct. 2008) (2)
'A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers'
"The Town"
Former Chairman & Director of Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club. Retired 31.12.2009
Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club
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Award Ceremony 2007 - McKenna's Pub, Dún Laoghaire
BOOK REVIEW (Sept. 2008)
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'An Garda Síochána and the Scott Medal'
Grand Aunt & Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Grand Aunt Kathleen Wisely (Mother Bernadette de Lourdes, OCarm) in the Rose Garden at the White House for signing of the Older Americans Act, 1965
BOOK REVIEW (Sept. 2008)
'Revolutionary Lawyers - Sinn Féin and Crown Courts in Ireland and Britain, 1916-1923'
GSI Medal Received
Mrs. Joan Merrigan accepts the GSI Medal from Cathaoirleach, Rory Stanley, for and on behalf of her aunt, Mother Bernadette de Lourdes, OCarm, County Hall, Dún Laoghaire - Sept. 2004
BOOK REVIEW (Aug. 2008)
'Ulster-Scots Writing - An Anthology'
"Dún Laoghaire News"
Former Editor of "Dún Laoghaire News" giving a voice to the community in central Dún Laoghaire
Guild of One-Name Studies
I was the first Ireland Representative for the Guild, stepping down in 2009. New Representative for the island of Ireland appointed - Pádraic Ingoldsby, MGSI.
BOOK REVIEW (July 2008)
'Ireland in the Renaissance'
Youth Diversionary Initiatives
During my time with Dún Laoghaire Town FC working with An Gárda Síochána to provide sports activities for older teenagers and young adults in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. This initiative was an outstanding success and has now been moved to Shanganagh Cliffs.
Europe of the Regions
Showing delegates from North Wales around the restored Martello Tower at Seapoint, County Dublin
BOOK REVIEW (June 2008)
'The Big Houses and Landed Estates of Ireland - A Research Guide'
Promoting Multiculturalism in Ireland
Lads from Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club wearing the two club jerseys at the Dún Laoghaire Refugee Project's Drop-in Centre
Community Tourism Initiative
Former Chairman. Author of Coastal Plan 2001 - see links below to Dún Laoghaire Dublin's Riviera
BOOK REVIEW (May 2008)
'Essays on the Early Irish King Tales'
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Member of the Stategic Policy Committee for Culture, Community Development & Amenities
Genealogy & Heraldry Bill, 2006
Researched & Drafted the Genealogy & Heraldry Bill, 2006 which had its Second Stage Reading in December 2006 in Seanad Éireann
BOOK REVIEW (April 2008)
'South Tipperary 1570-1841 - Religion, Land and Rivalry
On the Campaign Trail in North Wales
Campaigning in North Wales for the re-election of Albert Owen, MP for Anglesey (centre) with Eamon Gilmore, TD (left) and Glynis Kinnock, MEP (right)
BOOK REVIEW (Mar. 2008)
'Lordship in Medieval Ireland'
Promoting Social Inclusion & Integration for the "New Irish"
Chairman and Co-founder of Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club - promoting integration. Former Chairman Abrahim Abdul-Wahid receives an award from the Lord Mayor of Dublin on World Refugee Day 2005
BOOK REVIEW (Feb. 2008)
'Ireland and Wales in the Middle Ages'
Dún Laoghaire Community Association
Chairman. Pictured here (left) marching in Dún Laoghaire Town Centre
Inter-Regional Cooperation
GSI Delegate & former County Council Liaison Officer of the Dún Laoghaire Holyhead Link Organisation
BOOK REVIEW (Jan. 2008)
North Dublin Vestry Records
"Ireland's Genealogical Gazette"
BOOK REVIEW (Dec. 2007) (2)
'Manx Kingship in its Irish Sea Setting 1187-1229'
BOOK REVIEW (Dec. 2007) (1)
'The World of the Galloglass'
The Locksmith
Phone Colin on 086 158 0666
FOUR COURTS PRESS
For history, genealogy, social history and much more checkout these publications.
The PC Paramedic
Ph. Gerry Weir on 086 850 7785
CONTACT DETAILS
MY NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS ON LEGISLATION
Community Action
Marching in Dún Laoghaire for a Traffic Management Plan (from left) Cllr. Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fáil) and Michael Merrigan, Dún Laoghaire Community Association.
COMMUNITIES FIRST
Delegates of Community Groups from North Wales & Ireland meet under the auspices of the Holyhead-Dún Laoghaire Link Organisation in the Kingston Hotel, Dún Laoghaire (centre, Chairman, Cllr. Jeff Evans, Holyhead)
Championing Quality of Life Issues for Our Local Communities
On a very windswept Killiney Hill viewing a changing landscape and the ever increasing "Manhattanization" of Dún Laoghaire Town Centre. (photo courtesy of John Cave, Holyhead-Dún Laoghaire Link Organisation)
NO PLACE FOR RACISM IN SPORT
I am a strong supporter of the Football Association of Ireland's initiative against racism, racist behaviour or racist language in sport.
LINKS TO ARTICLES & FURTHER INFORMATION
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" January 2008
- Dún Laoghaire Community Association
- "The Ring of the Isles" Proposal (Holyhead Dún Laoghaire Link)
- Honouring Our Meritorious Citizens
- The Isle of Man Article
- Genealogical Society of Ireland
- Dún Laoghaire Town Football Club
- Minority & Lesser Used Languages in Europe
- Coastal Plan 2001 (author Michael Merrigan)
- Dún Laoghaire Website
- Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
- Oireachtas Éireann
- Proposal for County Placenames Policy
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" December 2007
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" November 2007
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" October 2007
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" September 2007
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" August 2007
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" July 2007
- "Ireland's Genealogical Gazette" June 2007
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