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HIST07015 Irish Local History & Genealogy

Full Title Irish Local History & Genealogy

Status Uploaded to Banner Start Term 2017

NFQ Level 07 ECTS Credits 05

Module Code HIST07015 Duration 13 weeks - (13 Weeks)

Grading Mode Numeric Department Heritage & Tourism

Module Author Mark McCarthy

Module Description

On completion of this module students should have a fundamental knowledge of some of the principal concepts and methods of Irish local history and genealogy.

Learning Outcomes  On completion of this module the learner will/should be able to:

1. (a) Think critically and sceptically, and have the confidence to formulate open-minded opinions about prevailing orthodoxies and accepted views on the past (by considering local and family history as ‘critical investigation’ rather than as ‘unchallengeable tablets of stone’). (b) Analyse the concept and meaning of local history and the role it plays in defining local identity in Ireland. (c) Understand the genesis and meaning of genealogy, and demonstrate a sure command of how ideas of belonging, cultural identity, and social relations based on ancestral connection, blood and kinship impinge upon public culture in Ireland. (d) Explain some of the principal areas of study in Irish local history - spatial, temporal and thematic - and understand the main approaches to the writing of local history. (e) Articulate the importance of conservation and preservation of local heritage and balance these against the demands of the heritage industry. (f) Use some of the principal research methods required in local history and genealogy, and display the skills needed to access and evaluate the relevant sources. (g) Demonstrate a high level of skill in the presentation and communication of research findings. (h) Demonstrate an ability to compile well researched and well written genealogies and local histories, and handle the content aspects of preparing and disseminating local history research (including the organisation of themes, the structuring of storylines, and the exhibition and presentation of research to a public/academic audience). (i) Acquire a knowledge of the local history and genealogy of communities in Ireland using various localised case studies along with a command of the scholarly debates in the literature in these fields. (j) Demonstrate a better understanding of the local past insofar as its legacy is still with us, in visible monuments and landscape features, in forms of social organisation, and in currently held local attitudes and values concerning the politics of commemoration. (k) Acquire the capacity to think independently and further develop analytical and problem-solving skills. (l) Demonstrate an awareness of the value of archival sources, published works, newspaper reportage and films/documentaries for studying local history and genealogy.

Indicative Syllabus

The module will comprise a study of local history and genealogy, presenting them as cognate disciplines bound up with defining complementary versions of identity, and highlighting how both draw on related (and often identical) sources and exploring the key roles they play in the heritage industry. This survey will cover a range of topics drawn from the subject areas listed hereafter:

(1) What is Genealogy? The Multiple Meanings & Practices of Tracing Irish Roots: This section investigates the multiple meanings and practices of at home and abroad (and in cyberspace). It includes viewings of genealogy on film and tv (e.g. Blood of the Irish, The Gathering: Homeward Bound, This is My Father and Graham Norton’s appearance in the popular series, Who Do You Think You Are?) and a follow-up discussion of the complex and nostalgic sentiments involved in the process of tracing Irish ancestors. Drawing upon the work Page 2 of 9 of the cultural geographer, Catherine Nash, special emphasis is then placed on the notion of genealogical identities, and the way in which ideas of belonging, cultural identity and social relations (based on ancestral connection, blood and kinship) impinge upon public culture. Attention is also paid to developments within the genealogical industry in Ireland in recent decades, including the establishment of the Irish Genealogical Project in 1989 and the Irish Family History Foundation in 1990. These organisations oversaw the emergence of Family History Research Centres at various locations throughout the country, including the Galway East Family History Society Ltd. (Woodford Heritage Centre, Woodford, Co. Galway), the Galway West Family History Society (St. Joseph’s Community Centre, Shantalla, Galway), the Mayo North Family History Research Centre (Enniscoe, Castlehill, Ballina, Co. Mayo), and the Mayo South Family Research Centre (Main Street, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo). Reference will also be made to recent trends and developments in genetics, online genealogy (e.g. the arrival of ancestry.com in ) and attempts at promoting and encouraging genealogy tourism (e.g. the Global Irish Economic Forums in 2009 and 2011, ‘The Gathering’ of 2013). This section concludes by outlining some of the principal sources for tracing Irish ancestors.

(2) Writing Irish Local History: A Conceptual Framework: Defining the term ‘local history’ (the history of communities or groups of people living within a well-defined geographical area and sharing common bonds and assumptions), territorial organisation and communities, geographic areas and spatial units (townlands, parishes, baronies, counties, provinces), other spatial units (e.g. estate systems, walled towns, clachans, rundale settlements, commonage), communities (religious, geographical, social, economic, political, and cultural), relationships between communities, the concept of sociability, links between communities and the outside world, neglected aspects of local history, new ways of approaching and doing local history, institutional developments, the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement, Ireland’s Federation of Local History Societies, the Federation for Ulster Local Studies, the Geographical Society of Ireland, the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, local history societies (e.g. the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Westport Historical Society), the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Geography Publication’s ‘County History’ series, the ‘Maynooth Studies in Local History’ series, Kilkenny Leader Partnership’s ‘The Landscapes of Home’ seminar, representations of life and death in the Burren and Connemara.

(3) The Great Irish Famine in Local History & Memory: This section of the module is geared towards giving the learner practical experience in making a presentation on one of the most intriguing and debated aspects of Ireland’s local and family histories - namely the causes, course and effects of the Great Irish Famine. Using a case study of any locality in Ireland, each student will be required to deliver a short presentation on ‘The Great Irish Famine in Local History and/or Memory’. Topics that may be covered could include: the failure of the potato crop, the impact of the Famine on various localities, poverty, government and local relief, the tide of emigration, mortality, the historiography of the Famine, and/or memory of the Famine (e.g. community archaeologies, commemorations, documentaries, monuments, museums).

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Lectures, reading, tutorials/seminars, active learning (including student seminar presentations and fieldwork), discussion of selected readings and handouts, videos/DVDs, and iPod recordings.

Assessment Strategy

Exam (60%); Continuous Assessment: Essay & Presentation (40%).

Repeat Assessment Strategies

Repeat Exam.

Indicative Coursework and Continuous Assessment: 40 %

Form Title Percent Week (Indicative) Learning Outcomes

Assignment Essay 30 % TBA 1

Assessment Presentation 10 % TBA 1

End of Semester / Year Formal Exam: 60 %

Form Title Percent Week (Indicative) Learning Outcomes

Assessment Exam 60 % End of Semester 1

Full Time Delivery Mode Average Weekly Workload: 3.00 Hours

Type Description Location Hours Frequency Weekly Avg

Lecture Lecture Flat Classroom 3 Weekly 3.00

Literary Resources Page 3 of 9

BIBLIOGRAPHY (*** = KEY READINGS) The readings that are available for this module include the following:

Essay Writing, Research & Study Guides (especially useful when writing the essay) Abbott, M. (Ed.), History Skills: A Student’s Handbook, 2nd Edition (Routledge, , 2009).

Benjamin, J. R., A Student’s Guide to History, 10th Edition (Bedford/St. Martin’s, Boston, 2007).

Berger, S., Feldner, H. and Passmore, K. (Eds), Writing History: Theory and Practice (Hodder Arnold, London, 2003).

Black, J. and MacRaild, D. M., Studying History, 2nd Edition (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2000).

Curthoys, A. and McGrath, A., How to Write History that People Want to Read (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2011).

Donnelly, M. and Norton, C., Doing History (Routledge, London, 2011).

Mabbett, I. W., Writing History Essays: A Student’s Guide (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2007).

Marwick, A., The New Nature of History: Knowledge, Evidence, Language (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2001).

*** O’Shea, F., Up With Which I Will Not Put: Writing Skills for Students (UCC Department of History, Cork, 2004).

Tosh, J. and Lang, S., The Pursuit of History, 4th Edition (Pearson Education Ltd., Harlow, 2006).

Tosh, J. (Ed.), Historians on History, 2nd Edition (Pearson Education Ltd., Harlow, 2009).

Specialised Readings for Each Topic The other readings for this module are extremely varied in nature, given the immense amount of literature that has been published on local history and genealogy by various scholars. What follows is a selection of works on key topics that are covered in this module. Please take note of the following points: (1) By no means are you expected to consult every item in the following bibliography!!! (2) On the contrary, you have the choice of focusing in upon the topics that interest you most, and consulting a selection of the relevant readings. (3) Throughout the module, reference will be made to key readings on individual topics (see* **symbols below). (4) Notwithstanding the above statements, it should be remembered that reading is also an important aspect of the continuous assessment component of this module, particularly for the composition of scholarly essays and field reports. (5) You are also encouraged to browse around the shelves of the Library of GMIT as there are many other references available which will help you with various aspects of this module. (6) Offprints of selected readings and additional material (e.g. photocopies of newspaper articles) will be either distributed free of charge during lectures or put on sale. (7) Please bear in mind that you are also entitled to borrow material from the library in the Castlebar campus of GMIT. (8) You should also obtain membership of Galway City Library (St. Augustine Street, Galway; Tel: 091 561666) and Galway Public Library (Island House, Cathedral Square, Galway; Tel: 091 562471). An excellent local history section is also housed Mayo County Library (Special Collections, Castlebar Central Library, Pavillion Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo; 094 24444). Visits to other county and national libraries are also encouraged. (9) Remember to keep this Reading List, as it may prove useful to you for future research (e.g. a final-year dissertation).

*** = KEY READING(S)

(1) What is Genealogy? The Multiple Meanings & Practices of Tracing Irish Roots Adolph, A., Tracing Your Irish Family History (Collins, London, 2007). Page 4 of 9

Aguinis, M., Admiral William Brown: Liberator of the South Atlantic (The Admiral Brown Society, Foxford, 2006).

Barratt, N., ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’: Encyclopedia of Genealogy. The Definitive Reference Guide to Tracing Your Family History (Harper, London, 2008).

Begley, D. F. (Ed.), Irish Genealogy: A Record Finder (Heraldic Artists Ltd., Dublin, 1981).

Blake, M. J., ‘An Old Lynch Manuscript’, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 8, Pt. 4 (1913-14), pp. 207-24.

Boyle, M. and Kitchin, R., Towards an Strategy: A Position Paper, NIRSA Working Paper Series, No. 37 (National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, NUI Maynooth, 2008).

Clancy, M., ‘Boom, Bust and the Changing Geography of Irish Tourism’, Irish Geography, Vol. 44, Nos. 2-3 (2011), pp. 173-190.

Comptroller and Auditor General, Report on Value for Money Examination, Department of the Taoiseach: The Irish Genealogical Project (The Stationery Office, Dublin, 1996).

Doherty, G., The Irish Ordnance Survey: History, Culture and Memory (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2006).

Dublin City Public Libraries, How to Trace Your Family History: A Brief Guide to Sources of Genealogical Research for Beginners, 4th Edition (Dublin City Public Libraries, Dublin, 2005).

Fitzsimons, F., ‘Is Family History “Real” History?’, History Ireland, Vol. 21, No. 5, (September/October, 2013), p. 49.

Geraghty, D., 40 Shades of Green: A Wry Look at What it Means to be Irish (Real Ireland Design, Kilcoole, 2007).

Gergelyova, M., An Investigation of the Potential of Genealogy Tourism as a Catalyst for Regional Development in (Unpublished M.A Thesis, School of Humanities, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2007).

Gergelyova, M., McCarthy, M. and Nielsen, M., ‘Irish Genealogy Tourism in a Globalised World: An Analysis of Contemporary Trends in County Galway’, Turysm, Vol. 18, No. 2, (2008), pp. 25-39.

Gillmor, D. and Barry, A., ‘Family Histories and Geographies: Interrelationships between Genealogy and Geography’, Geographical Viewpoint, Vol. 40, (2012), pp. 15-23.

Graham, B. J. (Ed.), In Search of Ireland: A Cultural Geography (Routledge, London, 1997).

Grenham, J., Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, 3rd Edition (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2006).

Grenham, J., Irish Ancestors: A Pocket Guide to Your Family History (Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2004).

Healy, M., ‘The Irish “Ingleses” in Nineteenth-Century Buenos Aires’, History Ireland, Vol. 16, No. 4 (July/August, 2008), pp. 37-40.

Hudson, T. N., Admiral William Brown: Master of the River Plate (Editorial Dunkan, Buenos Aires, 2007).

*** Kinealy, C., Tracing Your Irish Roots (Appletree Press, Dublin, 2007).

MacConghail, M. and Gorry, P., Tracing Irish Ancestors (Roberts Wholesale Books Ltd., Dublin, 2000).

MacLysaght, E., The Surnames of Ireland, 6th Edition (Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1985). Page 5 of 9

McCarthy, P., McCarthy’s Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland (Sceptre, London, 2000).

McCarthy, P., The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland (Fourth Estate, New York, 2002).

McKenna, P., ‘Irish Migration to Argentina’, in O’Sullivan, P. (Ed.), The Irish Worldwide: History, Heritage, Identity. Volume One. Patterns of Migration (Leicester University Press, London, 1997), pp. 63-83.

McWilliams, D., The Generation Game (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2007).

Mathieu, J., Zulu: An Irish-American’s Quest to Discover Her Roots (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1998).

Maxwell, I., How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors (How To Books, London, 2008).

Mitchell, B., ‘The Townland Index’, Irish Roots, Issue No. 81 (2012), pp. 22-23.

Morris, N., ‘How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors Online’, Irish Roots, Issue No. 81 (2012), pp. 6-7.

*** Nash, C., ‘Genealogical Identities’, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol. 20 (2002), pp. 27-52.

Nash, C., ‘Geographies of Relatedness’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series, Vol. 30, No. 4, (2005), pp. 449-62.

Nash, C., Of Irish Descent: Origin Stories, Genealogy and the Politics of Belonging (Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 2008).

Nash, C., ‘Genetics, Race and Relatedness: Human Mobility and Human Diversity in the Genographic Project’, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 102, No. 3, (2012), pp. 667-84.

Nash, C., ‘Genome Geographies: Mapping National Ancestry and Diversity in Human Population Genetics’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2, (2013), pp. 193-206.

O’Neill, T. P., The Tribes and other Galway Families ( Tribune Ltd., Galway, 1984).

Patterson Rodda, A., Trespassers in Time: Genealogists and Microhistorians (Privately Published, Charleston, 2012).

Rains, S., ‘Home from Home: Diasporic Images of Ireland in Film and Tourism’, in Cronin, M. and O’Connor, B. (Eds), Irish Tourism: Images, Culture and Identity (Channel View Publications, Clevedon, 2003), pp. 196-214.

Ryan, J. G., Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History (Slyleas Press, Dublin, 1997).

Silas Rogers, J. (Ed.), Extended Family: Essays on Being Irish American from the New Hibernia Review (Dufour Editions, Chester Springs, 2013).

Timothy, D. J., and Guelke, J. K. (Eds), Geography and Genealogy: Locating Personal Pasts (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2008).

Towler, J., Promoting and Encouraging Genealogy Tourism in County Mayo (Unpublished M.A. Thesis, School of Humanities, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2007).

Filmography: Blood of the Irish: Parts 1 and 2 (RTÉ, 2009); Glaoch: The President’s Call (RTÉ 1, 2013); Nua Eabhrac Joe Lee (TG4, 2011); Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America (Shanachie, 2002); The Atlantean Quartet: An Irishman’s Search for North-African Roots (The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Undated); The Field (Cinema Club, 2001); The Gathering: Homeward Bound (RTÉ, 2012); The Quiet Man (Universal Studios, 2006); This is My Father (Filmline International Inc./Hummingbird Communications, 1998); Where Was Your Family During the Famine? (RTÉ, 2008); Who Do You Think You Are? Complete BBC Series 1 & 2 (Acorn Media/BBC, 2007); Who Do You Think Page 6 of 9

You Are? Series 4 (Acorn Media/BBC, 2009); Who Do You Think You Are? Charlie Bird, Ardal O’Hanlon, , Pamela Flood, Joe Duffy, and (RTÉ, 2008).

(2) Writing Irish Local History: A Conceptual Framework Butlin, R. A., ‘Historical Geography and Local Studies in Ireland’, Geographical Viewpoint, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1966), pp. 141-54.

Byrne, J., Byrne’s Dictionary of Irish Local History (Mercier Press, Cork, 2004).

*** Cronin, M., ‘Local History’, in McAuliffe, M., O’Donnell, K. and Lane, L. (Eds), Palgrave Advances in Irish History (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2009), pp. 147-68.

Counihan, A. (Ed.), Townlands: A Habitation. A Creative Exploration of the Rural Landscape (Two Streams Press, Location Unspecified, 2013).

*** Duffy, P. J., ‘Locality and Changing Landscape: Geography and Local History’, in Gillespie, R. and Hill, M. (Eds), Doing Irish Local History: Pursuit and Practice (Institute of Irish Studies, , 1999), pp. 24-46.

Dudley Edwards, R., An Atlas of Irish History, 3rd Edition (Routledge, London, 2005).

Duffy, S. (Ed.), Atlas of Irish History (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2000).

*** Gillespie, R., ‘An Historian and the Locality’, in Gillespie, R. and Hill, M. (Eds), Doing Irish Local History: Pursuit and Practice (Institute of Irish Studies, Belfast, 1999), pp. 7-23.

MacLochlainn, A., ‘Foreword: The Personality of Galway’, in Moran, G. and Gillespie, R. (Eds), Galway: History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of An Irish County (Geography Publications, Dublin, 1996), pp. xxvi-xxx.

Nolan, W., ‘Historical and Administrative Divisions of Ireland’, in Begley, D. F. (Ed.), Irish Genealogy: A Record Finder (Heraldic Artists, Dublin, 1991), pp. 35-50.

O’Brien, J. B., ‘Local Studies’, in Buttimer, N., Rynne, C and Guerin, H. (Eds), The Heritage of Ireland (The Collins Press, Cork, 2000), pp. 202-04.

Ó Cearbhaill, D. (Ed.), Galway Town and Gown 1484-1984 (Gill and MacMillan, Dublin, 1984).

O’Connor, P. J., Seeing Through Counties: Geography and Identity in Ireland (Oireacht na Mumhan Books, Newcastle West, 2006).

O’Neill, T. P., ‘Doing Local History’, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 53, (2001), pp. 48-65.

Pender, S., ‘How to Study Local History’, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Second Series, Vol. 46, No. 164 (1941), pp. 110-22.

Potter, M., ‘“Geographical Loyalty”? Counties, Palatinates, Boroughs and Ridings’, History Ireland, Vol. 20, No. 5 (2012), pp. 24-27.

Prunty, J., Maps and Map-Making in Local History, Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2004).

Ryan, J. G., Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History (Slyleas Press, Dublin, 1997).

Whelan, K., ‘Irish Local and Family History’, in Hey, D., The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010), pp. 73-81.

Filmography: John O’Donohue’s Anam Cara (New Perspective Productions/TG4, 2008). Page 7 of 9

(3) The Great Irish Famine in Local History & Memory Cosgrave, M., Lohan, R. and Quinlan, T., ‘Sources in the National Archives for Researching the ’, Journal of the Irish Society for Archives, (Spring, 1995), pp. 24-44.

Crowley, J., ‘Exhibiting the Great Famine’, in Buttimer, N., Rynne, C and Guerin, H. (Eds), The Heritage of Ireland (The Collins Press, Cork, 2000), pp. 399-403.

*** Crowley, J., Smyth, W. J. and Murphy, M. (Eds), The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine (Cork University Press, Cork, 2012).

Cunningham, J., ‘A Town Tormented by the Sea’: Galway, 1790-1914 (Geography Publications, Dublin, 2005).

Daly, M., ‘Revisionism and Irish History: The Great Famine’, in George Boyce, D. and O’Day, A. (Eds), The Making of Modern Irish History: Revisionism and the Revisionist Controversy (Routledge, London, 1996), pp. 71-89.

*** Davis, G., ‘The Historiography of the Irish Famine’, in O’Sullivan, P. (Ed.), The Irish World Wide: History, Heritage, Identity. Volume Six. The Meaning of the Famine (Leicester University Press, London, 2000), pp. 15-39.

Fewer, T. G., ‘The Archaeology of the Great Famine: Time for a Beginning?’, Newsletter: Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement, No. 8 (Spring/Summer, 1997), pp. 8-13.

Hamrock, I., The Famine in Mayo, 1845-1850: A Portrait from Contemporary Sources (Mayo County Council, Mayo, 1998).

Hayden, T. (Ed.), Irish Hunger: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of the Famine (Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Niwot, 1998).

Henry, W., Coffin Ship: The Wreck of the Brig St. John (Mercier Press, Cork, 2009).

Henry, W., Galway: Through Tide & Time (Galway Independent Newspapers Ltd., Galway, 2010).

Henry, W., Famine: Galway’s Darkest Years (Mercier Press, Cork, 2011).

Higgins, T., Through Fagan’s Gates: The Parish and People of Castlebar Down the Ages (The Connaught Telegraph, Castlebar, 2001), see Chapter 4 (‘The Great Famine’).

*** Kelleher, M., ‘The Irish Famine: History and Representation’, in McAuliffe, M., O’Donnell, K. and Lane, L. (Eds),P algrave Advances in Irish History (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2009), pp. 84-99.

Kelly, M. C., Ireland’s Great Famine in Irish-American History: Enshrining a Fateful Memory (Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 2014).

*** Kinealy, C., This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine, 1845-52 (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2006).

Kinealy, C., ‘The Response of the Poor Law to the Great Famine in County Galway’, in Moran, G. and Gillespie, R. (Eds), Galway: History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of An Irish County (Geography Publications, Dublin, 1996), pp. 375-93.

Kissane, N., The Irish Famine: A Documentary History (Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, 1995).

Lane, P. G., ‘The Encumbered Estates Court and Galway Land Ownership 1849-1858’, in Moran, G. and Gillespie, R. (Eds), Galway: History and Society. Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of An Irish County (Geography Publications, Dublin, 1996), pp. 395-420.

McCabe, D., ‘Social Order and the Ghost of Moral Economy in Pre-Famine Mayo’, in Gillespie, R. and Moran, G. (Eds), ‘A Various Country’: Essays in Mayo History, 1500-1900 (Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teoranta, Westport, 1987), pp. 91-112.

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McDonald, T., Achill Island, Archaeology, History, Folklore (I.A.S. Publications, Tullamore, 1997), see Chapter 13 (‘The Great Famine’).

Mark-Fitzgerald, E., Commemorating the Irish Famine: Memory and the Monument (Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2013).

Moran, G., Sending out Ireland’s Poor: Assisted Emigration to North America in the Nineteenth Century (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2004).

Ní Cheannain, A., The Heritage of Mayo (F.N.T., Dublin, 1982), see Chapter 27 (‘The Great Famine’).

Nolan, R., Within the Mullet (Western People, Ballina, 1997), see Chapter 10 (‘An Droch Shaol’) and Chapter 11 (‘Cabhair gan Leigheas’).

Nolan, W., Sources for Local Studies (Blackrock Printers, Dublin, 1977).

Ó Cearbhaill, D., ‘Editorial Introduction’, in Ó Cearbhaill, D. (Ed.), Galway Town and Gown 1484-1984 (Gill and MacMillan, Dublin, 1984), pp. xv-xxiv.

O’Dowd, P., Vanishing Galway (Regional Technical College, Galway, 1997).

Ó Muraíle, N., ‘An Outline History of Co. Mayo’, in O’Hara, B. (Ed.), Mayo (Galway Regional Technical College, Galway, 1982).

Ó Tuathaigh, G., ‘“The Air of a Place of Importance”: Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Galway’, in Ó Cearbhaill, D. (Ed.), Galway Town and Gown 1484-1984 (Gill and MacMillan, Dublin, 1984), pp. 129-47.

Ó Tuathaigh, G., ‘Galway in the Modern Period: Survival and Revival’, in Clarke, H. B. (Ed.), Irish Cities (Mercier Press, Cork, 1995), pp. 136- 49.

Proudfoot, L. J., ‘Regionalism and Localism: Religious Change and Social Protest, c. 1700 to c. 1900’, in Graham, L. J. and Proudfoot, L. J. (Eds), An Historical Geography of Ireland (Academic Press, London, 1993), pp. 185-218.

Proudfoot, L. J., ‘Spatial Transformation and Social Agency: Property, Society and Improvement, c. 1700 to c. 1900’, in Graham, L. J. and Proudfoot, L. J. (Eds), An Historical Geography of Ireland (Academic Press, London, 1993), pp. 219-57.

Rees, J., Surplus People: From Wicklow to Canada (Collins Press, Cork, 2014).

Spellissy, S., The History of Galway (The Celtic Bookshop, Limerick City, 1999).

Tóibín, C. and Ferriter, D., The Irish Famine (Profile Books, London, 2004).

Villiers-Tuthill, K., Beyond the Twelve Bens: A History of Clifden and District 1860-1923 (Connemara Girl Publications, Clifden, 2006).

Villiers-Tuthill, K., Patient Endurance: The Great Famine in Connemara, Revised Edition (Connemara Girl Publications, Clifden, 2008).

Walsh, P., Discover Galway (The O’Brien Press, Dublin, 2001).

Filmography: Construction of Dunbrody and the ‘The Dunbrody Experience’ (Shannon Images, Undated); Davis: The Famine (RTÉ, 1995); Famine to Freedom (The History Channel, 2008); John Behan’s Famine Ship (Parzival Productions, 1999); National Famine Memorial Day Commemoration: Clones, County Monaghan, 10th September 2011 (Department of Arts, Heritage and the , 2011), When Ireland Starved: A Radharch Film on the Great Famine (Radharc/RTÉ, 1995).

Journals and Magazines In addition to the popular quarterly magazines Irish Roots and History Ireland, students should take note of some of the main academic journals concerned with the past, including: Éire-Ireland, Irish Historical Studies, Irish Economic and Social History, Irish Geography, and the Journal of Historical Geography. Ongoing developments in genealogical research in Ireland can be found in Familia: Ulster Genealogical Page 9 of 9

Review, the Genealogical Society of Ireland Journal, Irish Family History: The Journal of the Irish Family History Society, and North Irish Roots: Journal of the North of Ireland Family History Society. For a British perspective on genealogical research, see Who Do You Think You Are?, the BBC’s popular magazine. In the area of local history, a plethora of local history journals have been published over the years in Ireland, including: the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, The Galway Reader, Galway Roots, Galway’s Heritage, Cathair na Mart: The Journal of the Westport Historical Society, North Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society Journal, Mayo Association Yearbook, Journal of the South Mayo Family Research Centre, Muintir Acla: Achill Island Journal, Castlebar Parish Magazine, Journal of the Wexford Historical Society, Decies, the Old Dublin Record and the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society.

Other Resources

History features large in the Irish media, and students should make an effort to tune into RTÉ Television’s acclaimed documentary series, Hidden History. The Sunday night radio show, Talking History (with Patrick Geoghegan and Lindsey Earner-Byrne), broadcast on Newstalk 106-108FM, is also worth listening to. It is also available as a podcast from Apple’s iTunes (simply click on the iTunes Store link, then the Podcasts and enter ‘Newstalk 106-108’ in the search section).

Programme Membership

GA_HHERG_B07 201500 Bachelor of Arts in Heritage Studies GA_HHERG_H08 201500 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Heritage Studies