Irish Family History Society

Connecting People With Their Irish Roots

The Irish Folklore Collection at UCD has been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register as a cultural artefact of world-wide importance.

Council Chamber, City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
on Tuesday 13 March 2018, 13.00-14.00
The celebration will include three short talks:
1.10​ Welcome from Ardmhéara Micheál Mac Donncha
1.20 ​Dr Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh
​In Focus: The Irish Folklore Commission Collection 1935-70
1.30​ Anna Bale
​Sampling the Irish Folklore Collection Sound Archive
1.40​ Jonny Dillon
​Dúchas.ie and the Digitisation of the National Folklore Collection
1.50​ Concluding remarks
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