Free online public talk for lovers of local history

RAHENY Library and Raheny Heritage Society are co-hosting the Society’s annual Ray Wickham Lecture tomorrow

The event will be held via zoom, with registration via Eventbrite.

Access the Eventbrite link either at the Dublin City Council website www.dublincity.ie/events or by a direct link into the event on Eventbrite by typing https://bit.ly/3icwHKy

TITLE: Family History Research: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected
SPEAKER: Joan Sharkey
WHEN: Wednesday 16 June, 2021 at 7.30 p.m.
COST: There is no charge

This lecture is aimed at both complete beginners as well as those already using the key Irish resources which are available online.

Joan Sharkey has been an active member of the Raheny Heritage Society since it was founded in January 1987 by the late Ray Wickham and a former Hon. Secretary of the Society.

She is the author of St. Anne’s The Story of a Guinness Estate (The Woodfield Press in association with Dublin City Council) (2002).

Joan started working part-time as a professional genealogist in 1999 and became a member of Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) in 2003, and is its current President.
Raheny Heritage Society encourages interest and research into both local and family history.

The Society hosts several public talks each year, as well as monthly meetings for members on both local and family history.

It has produced a number of publications of local interest, which are available for purchase.

For further details and membership enquiries they can be contacted by email at rahenyheritage@gmail.com, through their website www.rahenyheritage.ie or follow them on Facebook!