Merriman Research & Training

Great fun promoting ACE courses UCC at City Square, Waterford today and weather was fabulous. Sunny South East for sure.

Irish Genealogy News: Genealogy Day in Skibbereen - booking open : A full week of free-of-charge events to celebrate the Gathering will kick off with a Genealogy Day at Skibbereen Heritage Centre on Saturday...

I am delighted to be giving a talk on The MacNamara - Origins, history and distribution on the Name MacNamara - 23 June 2013 at Cliffs of Moher in 'The Gathering' Surname lectures. MacNamara Name in County Clare “We shall find that the members of our Sept, from the early part of the fifth to the middle of the seventeenth century, dwelt in a well defined district of Clare, a county which until comparatively recent times was isolated from the rest of Ireland; its southern and eastern boundary being formed by the river Shannon, which throughout this part of its course was only fordable at one place situated below the town of Killaloe... The geographical position of the county was such as to preserve its inhabitants from successful invasion, or from being occupied by foreigners until late in the sixteenth century; thus not only did the people of Clare retain their independence but also their old Brehon laws and customs for two if not three centuries after much of the rest of I...

Irish Genealogy News: History & Genealogy Village sets up in Dun Laoghai... : This Friday and Saturday, a History and Genealogy Village will be created as part of the Bratacha (flag) festival in Dún Laoghaire. Exhibi...

Irish Genealogy News: Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives: Recent additi... : Click for larger view of watch inscription Below are details of the most recent additions to Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives. Each ha...

Irish Genealogy News: Gathering gestures for overseas visitors : Yesterday saw the launch of a new app that any overseas visitors to Ireland this year will want to try out before they arrive. It's desi...

Landed families of Britain and Ireland: (35) Adams of Sprowston Hall, baronets : Adams of Sprowston Hall Sir Thomas Adams (1586-1667), Lord Mayor of London in 1645-46, was the second son of a minor gentry family at ...