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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
CALCA at St Paul’s Last month the annual meeting of CALCA, the Cathedral Archives, Libraries and Collections Association of Great Britain and Ireland was held in St Paul’s cathedral, London. This annual gathering of archivists, librarians, collections managers, conservators and cathedral clergy is a valuable opportunity not just to discuss…
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RCB Library, Dublin, Archive Of The Month July 2014 Table Of Church Of Ireland Parish Registers Throughout Ireland (Baptisms, Marriages, Burials & Copies)
Released online for the first time on Tuesday 1 July 2014 here:www.ireland.anglican.org/library/archive July’s Archive of the Month from the RCB Library is a gift to the genealogical community and follows months of painstaking work to amend, cross–check and update the list of original parish registers (baptisms, marriages and…
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A Colour–coded Resource of What Survives; Where it is; & with Additional Information of Copies, Transcripts and Online Indexes
The List of Church of Ireland Parish Registers has again been extensively revised and updated, and in a collaborative project between the RCB Library and the Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS), it now includes live links to parish register sources – copies, transcripts and indexes –available…
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A glimpse of mission work in Chota Nagpur from the collections of the Revd Gerald Dickson
The focus for the April 2021 Archive of the Month is the story of mission work in Chota Nagpur, India, by the Revd Gerald Dickson in the early part of the 20th Century. A collection of lantern slides and a copy of the Revd Gerald Dickson’s diary,…
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Architectural Drawings Website Launched
The Representative Church Body Library, which is the library and archives of the Church of Ireland, has launched the first phase of a project to provide an on–line catalogue of…
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Church of Ireland notes from the Irish Times
Church Silver ExhibitionIn recent years there has been something of a renewal of interest in the relationship between the Anglican Church and fine art. Books such as Canon Keith Walker's Images or idols? The place of sacred art in churches today and Jeremy Begbie's Voicing creation's praise. Towards a theology…
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The Queen and the Commonwealth
In the second of a series of articles on the life and reign of the Queen, Karen Bushby looks at her global role through the Commonwealth, as recalled in the archives of the Church of Ireland Gazette. ‘The Head of the Commonwealth, a title historically belonging to the British Crown, is…
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Completed Archival Work on the Papers of the Diocese of Kilmore in the RCB Library
In 2007, following the transfer and cataloguing of a substantial collection of diocesan materials relating to the Church of Ireland diocese of Kilmore to the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin, a completed catalogue list was published in full by the RCB Library. Virtually all of that material had come…
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Church of Ireland Notes from ‘The Irish Times’
Gerald Dickson & Chota Nagpur Since the early years of the 19th century overseas missions have been an integral part of the life of the Church of Ireland with local congregations supporting missionary societies and encouraging service abroad both from clergy and laity. In particular the work of the Church…
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Church of Ireland Notes from 'The Irish Times'
Saturday 27 March 2010Holy Week Music and LiturgyTomorrow (Sunday) is Palm Sunday which ushers in a week of intense liturgical and musical activity which reaches its climax on Easter Day.This afternoon (Sunday) in Dublin there will be services of music and readings in both Christ…
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