Imeall Bóirne Active Retirement Local History Course

Commencing weekly from Monday, Sept 15th in Crusheen Community Centre 11.00 -1.00

Contact 087 2410819

      Course descriptor;

     The course aims to develop skills in:

  • Researching your family history
  • Researching the history of your local area
  • Using the Internet to access historical sources

What will be covered;

  • Local Place-names
  • Administrative Units
  • Census Returns
  • Civil Records
  • Parish records
  • Land Records
  • Folklore from the locality
  • Population Figures
  • Ordnance Survey Maps
  • Famine Records
  • Newspapers

       Learning outcomes;

  • To learn more about local history in general
  • To learn more about local places and the people in them over time
  • To learn where to source information on local history
  • To learn how to use internet sites to access local history sources
  • To have a better understanding of historical events from the past