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Friday, September 10, 2010, 7:30pm
Boston College, Room 511, Fulton Hall
Topic: Ballykilcline
Speaker: Mary Lee Dunn

Mary Lee Dunn has a MA in history from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell where she worked for many years. During her graduate studies Mary Lee became aware of a rent strike that occurred in the 1840's in Ballykilcline townland in County Roscommon Ireland. The tenants of Ballykilcline were among the first to revolt against the coercive famine era rents and refused to pay them. Many were evicted and found their way to the U.S. A number of them settled in Rutland Vermont where they found work in the quarries.

Mary Lee subsequently wrote a book about them called Ballykilcline Rising. Her research is impeccable, yet her book is very readable. It includes references to a number of little-known sources for genealogical investigation. Her presentation to us will include references to Massachusetts descendants of Roscommon. She will also speak about the Ballykilcline Society, of which she is a founding member.

Upcoming Speakers



Vice President Thomas Toohey announced some of the plans for TIARA's next season. On Saturday, October 2nd, Walter Hickey of NARA will speak to us at the Chelmsford Library, about the National Archive records. In November, the annual TIARA banquet will be held at the Wayside Inn . The speaker will be Mary Pat Kelly, author of Galway Bay. In December, we will hear a talk on Irish records, and in January our speaker will be John McEneny, Albany, NY Assemblyman and former Albany County Historian. In March we will meet at the New England Historic Genealogical Society on Newbury St. in Boston.






Except July and August, TIARA meets either the second Friday evening of every month at 7:30 pm, or on the following Saturday morning at various locations.
On Friday nights, the meetings are held in Room 511 of Fulton Hall on the campus of Boston College, Commonwealth Avenue (Route 30), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
(See directions to Boston College and map of campus.) The meetings are free and open to the public, but membership is encouraged.

The programs presented at the meetings vary, but may include general topics such as: how to do genealogical research; Irish history; resources for Irish research in the New England, Dublin, and Belfast area; and how to locate ancestors in Maritime Canada, Northern Ireland, or the Republic of Ireland.

For information about upcoming programs, write to:
The Irish Ancestral Research Association
2120 Commonwealth Ave.
Auburndale, Massachusetts
02466-1909

To receive meeting announcements by email, send a request to president1@tiara.ie.

Meeting Cancellation Notices

Meeting cancellations are given to Boston's Channel 7 or 56 by 1:00 PM in case of severe weather. Although they do not broadcast the cancellation on the television, you can sign up at Channel 7's website WHDH to receive an email with cancellation information. They also have a cellphone text messaging service for which you can sign up to be notified if there is a cancellation. See their website for more information.

And of course, check TIARA's own web site!

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