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by Clare Admin
Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:35 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Irish and Clare history book recommendations
Replies: 18
Views: 46152

Re: Irish and Clare history book recommendations

In relation to this topic, you may be interested in The Irish History Online Project, an online bibliographic project whose aim is to "make available a fully searchable online database of Writings on Irish History, originally published in Irish Historical Studies , later on microfiche, and subsequen...
by Clare Admin
Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Holy wells of County Clare
Replies: 13
Views: 35621

Re: Holy wells of County Clare

Hello all. There are 146 photographs of holy wells in Foto at the moment. See http://foto.clarelibrary.ie/fotoweb/Grid.fwx?search=(IPTC025%20contains%20(Holy%20Well)) . We would love to receive more such photos to display online. Please send any you may have to Maureen Comber, Clare County Library H...
by Clare Admin
Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:12 am
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Irish and Clare history book recommendations
Replies: 18
Views: 46152

Re: Irish and Clare history book recommendations

Hello all. "The History and Topography of the County of Clare" by James Frost would probably be the best place to begin for an overview of the history of County Clare. The "Antiquities of County Clare: Ordnance Survey Letters, 1839" by John O'Donovan & Eugene Curry mentioned by Paddy is also availab...
by Clare Admin
Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: Clare Library Online Bookclub
Topic: "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss - book for July 2008
Replies: 0
Views: 8803

"The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss - book for July 2008

This is a beautifully written novel with two main characters, Leo and Alma. Leo is an elderly, lonely Jewish man who survived the war in Poland and now lives in New York. Alma, pregnant with Leo’s child, had also moved from Poland to America but by the time Leo joined her five years later, she had m...
by Clare Admin
Thu May 15, 2008 2:09 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Irish Genealogical Research Society - Open Day Saturday 17th
Replies: 0
Views: 4517

Irish Genealogical Research Society - Open Day Saturday 17th

IRISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY – IRELAND BRANCH OPEN DAY SATURDAY 17th MAY 2008 DUBLIN CITY LIBRARY & ARCHIVE (GILBERT LIBRARY) 138 – 142 PEARSE STREET, DUBLIN 2 10.00 – 10.30 REGISTRATION Tea & Coffee available in the LIBRARY CAFÉ on the First Floor 10.30–11.15 ‘TRACING YOUR 19th & 20th CENTUR...
by Clare Admin
Thu May 01, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: Clare Past
Topic: Dorothea Lange's photos of Clare people and places
Replies: 10
Views: 37476

Re: Dorothea Lange's photos of Clare people and places

Clare County Library's Local Studies Centre (The Manse) holds contact prints for c. 2,100 Dorothea Lange Irish photographs gathered in four volumes, the bulk of which are of County Clare. The centre also has a copy of "Life" Magazine, 21 March 1955 (" A rural world in Ireland. Dorothea Lange takes a...
by Clare Admin
Thu May 01, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: Clare Library Online Bookclub
Topic: Welcome to Clare County Library's Online Bookclub
Replies: 0
Views: 26364

Welcome to Clare County Library's Online Bookclub

Welome to the Clare Library Online Book Club. We invite readers everywhere to join us each month in reading and discussing a selected book. Please join us by registering and posting your comments. Happy reading!
by Clare Admin
Thu May 01, 2008 10:37 am
Forum: Clare Library Online Bookclub
Topic: 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak - chosen book for May 2008
Replies: 1
Views: 8691

'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak - chosen book for May 2008

Set during World War 2, The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl living with foster parents, Rosa and Hans Hubermann, near Munich. It is poetic and beautifully worded, beginning as Liesel, aged nine, is separated from her younger brother and her mother and father. Though she can’...