Reminder: Finding Waterford in the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Waterford City and County Libraries and Waterford City and County Archives will host the Virtual Treasury Roadshow – a chance for people to learn about their local history in this exciting new online resource.
When the Public Record Office of Ireland was destroyed during the Battle of the Four Courts in June 1922, seven centuries of Irish history went up in smoke. In recent years historians, archivists and computer scientists have been searching in archives and libraries, at home and abroad, hunting for any copies that can help replace these lost records.
The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland was launched in June 2022, providing the public free online access to tens of thousands of replacement records, with over 50 million words of searchable text, collected from seventy partner archives and libraries around the globe.
Now, the Virtual Treasury team is coming to Waterford to share the results of their research.
On Wednesday 13 November the Virtual Treasury Roadshow will visit the Central Library, Waterford City to show digital records that help tell the story of Waterford and its people from the 19th century back to medieval times. Joanne
Rothwell, Archivist, Waterford City and County Archives, will share further resources for local history. Following Ms. Rothwell’s introduction, Ciarán Wallace, Lynn Kilgallon, and Brian Gurrin from the Virtual Treasury will each present on various facets of the project. Finally, Lorraine Boyle, Local Studies Librarian for Waterford City and County Library will give an introduction to the Local Studies Collection in Waterford. The roadshow visit will take place in the Central Library at 6 pm.
The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland research programme is supported by the Irish Government through funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under Project Ireland 2040. www.virtualtreasury.ie
The roadshow event is free and all are welcome. To book a place please visit http://bit.ly/4eMjn9P or contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie
