10:30 AM - Noon CST (UTC-6)
Instructor: Fiona Fitzsimons
$15 for IGSI members (with Discount Code); $20 for non-members
Why is it bad luck to take down the Christmas decoration before January 6th? This custom came from Irish ancestors. Irish folklore is more than leprechauns, banshees, and other fairies. It is more than legends and stories.
Understanding the folklore of Ireland is key for researchers to understand the lives of our ancestors. The National Folklore Collection is a record of Ireland’s oral traditions and material culture. It holds one of the largest archival collections of its kind, recognized in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register for its significance in world culture. The collection reveals the texture of daily life in Ireland during the 19th and early 20th Century that we do not find in history books. Fiona will introduce this remarkable collection and show how it will help us to interpret ancestral evidence.
The Discount Code will be sent to members via email and posted on member-only webpage (link).
You can reach the IGSI Education team at Education@IrishGenealogical.org
Fiona Fitzsimons is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, a historical expert and entrepreneur. Since 1996 she has developed the College’s historical research department, setting high standards for all our research work. Since 2005 Fiona and her team have provided research and historical consultancy for television and film production in Europe, including WDYTYA, Faces of America, Finding our Roots, and Ancestors in the Famine.
Fiona is a writer and educator in Irish Public History, and has taught at Trinity College Dublin’s Innovation Academy; Ancestral Connections Summer School in N.U.I. Cork, the British Institute, and SLC. Fiona hosts the popular Summer Talks series in the National Library of Ireland. In 2014 she established the monthly Expert Workshop @NLIreland series. She writes the column "Kindred Lines" in History Ireland and is a feature writer for the online magazine Irish Lives Remembered. Fiona contributes regularly to specialist journals, popular magazines, and newspapers.
