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anyone interested in religions, India, diaspora, cultural transformations. 2nd Max Arthur Macauliffe Conference "EMERGING TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SIKH & PUNJABI STUDIES" Venue: Western Gateway Building Lecture Theatre 1.07, UCC, Cork, this Saturday 22 March 10.00-18.00. Programme and abstracts at http://www.ucc.ie/en/religion/research/macauliffe2014/ If the link does not work google 'UCC sikh Macauliffe 2014' All welcome, for any part of the conference, which runs from 10am to 6pm. Free admittance, no registration necessary. Programme includes: Translating Sikhism Sikhism through the New Age prism: Yogi Bhajan’s spiritual discourse and its cultural context Jaspreet Kaur Translating the Sikh: An assessment of the works of Leyden, Trumpp and Macauliffe Gurinder S Mann Poetry and Performance Naqal – Performance & Community Manpreet Kaur The Poet and History: Harinder Singh Mahboob’s Sikh Historiography Prabhsharandeep Singh European Sikhs

Terrific day today in Limerick City with 'The Genealogy Day 2014' Well done Emma Gilleece for such a terrifc event.

CENTRE FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES SPRING 2014 The Violent Past: History, Memory, Commemoration 11 March 2014 - 5.30pm, Room G08, Foundation Building MIC Professor Brendan Kane University of Connecticut Crime, chaos and cleansing: the framing of violence in early modern Ireland

Public lecture tonight (Mon. 10 March, 8 pm) from Dr John M. Regan (Dundee University) entitled 'The “Singing Flame” Rekindled: The Destruction of the Public Records Office 30 June 1922' at 8 pm in Town Hall Theatre (studio) Galway. Arranged by Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour & Class. Adm. €3 (€2 concession). It might be advisable to book in advance - especially if you're travelling http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase In the opening engagement of the Irish civil war on the 30th June 1922, the irreplaceable archive held in the Public Records Office inside Dublin’s Four Courts was destroyed by fire and explosion. Immediately the opposing Free State forces and anti-treaty IRA blamed each other for the Public Records Office’s destruction. In recent years some leading historians have claimed that the anti-treaty IRA deliberately destroyed the archive as act of vandalism before surrendering to the Free State Army. The evidence for this interpretatio

Saturday, March 15, 2014 - 10:00 to 16:00 Genealogy Day will be building upon the success of the first Genealogy Day in 2013. This unique one day event makes Limerick ancestral research records and expertise available to the public for free. With over twenty stands there will be something for everyone from the novice about to begin tracing their roots to family tree to the genealogist. Thanks to Limerick City of Culture funding we are planning to bring together all the available Church Registers and School Roll Books for various religious communities in Limerick and the surrounding areas. These will include Church of Ireland, Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Quaker Historical Society, the Irish Jewish Genealogical Society and Roman Catholics. There will also be stands for Limerick City Archives & Museum, Limerick Genealogy, the Clare Roots Society, the Irish Georgian Society (Limerick Chapter) along with local historical groups on hand to speak to the public. This year will

Well what a wonderful weekend at the 'Over 50s show in Cork'. Great interest in all the standards and there was a brilliant variety of products, services and events. The offers and freebies were very good. From Contract Bridge, Medical matters, Hotel breaks with leading hotels nationwide, beauty products and of course educational courses at ACE, University College Cork; nothing was left out. The crowds kept arriving and the shuttle bus from the train station proved to be going non-stop this weekend. Heartening to see people so interested in all information stands from Revenue, Office of the Ombusman and the Active-Retirement organisation to health matters, holidays and holistic products. Lovely venue as well with a super cafe upstairs.Ancestral Connections: Irish genealogy school at UCC 29th June - 6th July promoted a lot of interest with many interested in day rates options.