I just thought that I would take a
bit of time this afternoon to look after my blog. I anticipate being out
relatively late tonight and don’t want to have to do this when I get back to my
hotel room. I have to get up very early tomorrow morning.
This morning, I did sleep in to
7:00 am and still didn’t want to get up. I guess that it’s the jet lag that is
affecting me. After a big breakfast, I took a walk over to the National Library
of Ireland. It is very close to the hotel. I was there in about fifteen to
twenty minutes.
I arrived a few minutes early but
found a couple members of our group who were there to do research as well. Once
we got in, we stored our extra things in a locker as we were not allowed to
take up any bags or coats. I was able to take my camera and use it to
photograph the records that I found. We each waited to speak with an expert who
advised us about the records that we could access there. Most of the
information that I was directed to was online and they had seven computers
available for searches like this.
Yesterday, I did not have time to
look at the Tithe Applotment records, but I had not found many that pertained
to the family name that I am working on in this matter. However, the records
were available online and I spent the morning going through the online records.
The advantage of the online records is that I could filter for my surname and
went through the records for the whole country. I also looked at a few other
records but I didn’t find very much. I decided to come back to the hotel to
deposit my research and perhaps go out again to do a bit of sightseeing.
However, I am currently falling asleep while typing this. I am going to crash for a bit. Hopefully,
it won’t be much longer than an hour.
Tomorrow, we leave Dublin.
By the way, I notice that there is
a reader from Ireland. I must say that I am enjoying being here.
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