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The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation.They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families.
AFFHO provides guidelines for member organisations, such as the Code of Ethics used by the Society of Australian Genealogists. [3] It has published a monthly newsletter called Newsflash since March 2001. [4] It coordinates National Genealogy Congresses every three years, with the 2022 AFFHO National Congress being held in Norfolk Island.
The Kilkenny Archaeological Society was founded in 1946. [1] An older society with the same name existed, [2] which developed into the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. [3] Rothe House in Kilkenny is owned by the Kilkenny Archaeological Society since 1962 and functions as their headquarters and local history museum. [4]
A family history society or genealogical society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals.
The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland was founded in 1849 as the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, by a group of young men with archaeological and historical interests who were based in the Kilkenny area. [1] The aim of the Society was the preservation and illustration of the antiquities of Kilkenny, city and county, although this later ...
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The Shee family were descended from Gaelic lords Clan Ua Seaghdha in the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, in southwestern Ireland. [2] During the 14th century they moved to Tipperary and then on to Kilkenny where Richard Shee's grandfather Robert O'Shee rose to prominence and was recorded as being sovereign of Kilkenny city.
The church was fortified with a chemin de ronde and a small north entrance. It has a Gothic cut stone window. [8] [9]There is a triple sedilia in the south wall. Along the top of the north and south walls is a series of corbel-stones with tracery.