Journals
Includes Freeman's Journal, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in Ireland, and those journals released annually by historical societies.
The Irish Family History Society, established in 1984, is based in Ireland and has a worldwide membership of which two thirds are overseas.The Society is for those who are looking to trace their Irish roots.
General resource page with focus on newspapers, Co. Clare, Co. Limerick, Co. Mayo, and Co. Roscommon.
The contents lists provided for some of these journals are based on the headings of the articles themselves rather than the contents pages.
Co. Wexford was the landing place of the Norman invasion in 1169 and the region was settled extensively by the newcomers. This Norman influence, the warmth of its climate, the relative prosperity of its farms, and the fact that most of the county is situated between mountains and sea, have all combined to make Wexford a unique place. It was the scene of the most intense and widespread fighting in the rebellion of 1798, and for a time a citizens' republic was established on the French model in Wexford town.
Godfrey Massy (1803-1852), Church of Ireland Vicar of Bruff, was an outspoken and controversial character, indefatigable in the cause of Protestantism and hostile to the practice of Roman Catholicism, a man of strong and deep convictions and a great humanitarian. His memoirs, from which these extracts are taken, were published in 1855, edited and annotated by his brother, Rev. Dawson Massy,(l) and a summary account of his life was published in this journal (.pdf).
In 1798 Ireland was shook by a mass rebellion for democratic rights and against British rule. 200 years later 1798 continues to loom over Irish politics. The bi-centenary, co-inciding with the 'Peace process', has attracted considerable discussion, with the formation of local history groups, the holding of conferences and a high level of interest in the TV documentaries and books published around the event.
"On Easter Saturday, in accordance with their sentence, the above named convicts expiated their crime, of which they were found guilty at our last Assizes, by meeting an ignominious death in front of our county gaol."
The contents lists provided for some of these journals are based on the headings of the articles themselves rather than the contents pages. Where discrepancies were found, the error generally appeared to be in the latter. The following items are omitted from contents lists: reviews (except review articles), obituaries, reports of society activities (unless containing detailed information on sites), abstracts of lectures (unless substantial), lists of members, modern poems and fiction. Short notes such as quotations from old newspapers are generally included, but not quotations from books unless accompanied by commentary. Punctuation and spelling have mostly followed the original exactly, but obvious errors have been corrected, and capitals are not used within sentences except for proper nouns.
The following details have been transcribed from the "Finn's Linster Journal" newspaper, which can be found on micro film at County Carlow Library, Tullow Street, Carlow, Co Carlow.
Gender & History is now established as the major international journal for research and writing on the history of femininity and masculinity and of gender relations.
The Journal of Women's History is the first journal devoted exclusively to the international field of women's history.
Published in the Journal of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society VOL XXV Nos. 3 & 4 1953-54. Contemporary or near contemporary published accounts of the Rebellion of 1798, those of Musgrave, Gordon, Plowden, Hay, Teeling and the rest, including Dr. Richard R. Madden, give scant reference to the belated rising in the western counties.
The Genealogical Society, Co. Cork, No. 1, 2001 - No. 2, 2002.
The Historical Society, Dun Laoghaire Borough, Journal No. 4, 1995.
This page features an index of journals relating to the Plantation of Armagh in the 1620s.