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Kelly Clan gathering on 'How to Research the Family Tree'

21/05/2011

On Saturday 21st May 2011 Helen Kelly addressed the Kelly Clan Gathering on How to research the family tree. The Clan gathering took place at the Bellbridge Hotel in the idyllic seaside village of Spanish Point in County Clare.

Who Do You Think You Are?

01/02/2011

As in 2010, Helen Kelly was consultant genealogist on the Tourism Ireland stand at the Who Do You Think You Are ? fair at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London in February 2011. The fair is one of the largest genealogical events in the UK and attendees included vast numbers of Irish descendants who availed of Helen's advice on how to trace their Irish family history.

The Argentine Connection

21/11/2010

Helen Kelly gave a series of lectures on Irish Genealogy in the midland counties of Westmeath and Longford in the Autumn of 2010. Her talks consisted of two elements – guidelines on how to start your family tree and a talk on links between the Midlands of Ireland and the Irish in Argentina. The first of her talks took place on the 8th October 2010 in the rural setting of Boher Hall in County Westmeath – the epicentre of the area from whence thousands of people emigrated to the Pampas of Argentine in the early/mid 1800s. History was made that night when this rural community were the first to use modern technology to link with their counterparts in Argentina. As a further show of solidarity, funds raised on the night were divided equally between Boher community hall, and the Fahy Club in Argentina. Using video cameras and the Skype computer programme, the assembly of over 100 people were overjoyed to see and hear descendants of 19th century emigrants in Argentina, converse with them in English which was laced with familiar tones and idiom of their native county. Further talks were held in Ballymahon, County Longford and at the historical Belvedere House in Mullingar on the 21st October 2010 and the 12th November respectively.

DIT College Lecture

23/11/2010

Helen's annual lecture at DIT College, Cahal Brugha Street, Dublin took place on Tuesday 23rd November 2010.

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