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This morning one of the lecturers, Nora Hickey, needed a ride to Skibbereen; so I took her with me. I found perverse pleasure in driving a local with my one mirror car.

The first speaker I heard was Kenneth Nicholls from University College Cork speaking on Medieval Ireland. The second was named Cathal Carmel? (I am unsure of the surname) speaking on “Why People left Ireland after 1850”. The 3rd speaker was Father Patrick Hickey who spoke on the Famine in west Cork.

The first three lectures were good. I ate lunch with Nora, it was great. She’s a very interesting lady. She told me that she didn’t think that it would be difficult for me to find work in Ireland because there is a high turnover rate for restaurant staff.

After lunch I attended three genealogy lectures by:

Brian Donovan, he spoke about tracing the Donovans before 1700

Pat O’Malley who spoke on researching a specific group of Donovans

Nora Hickey spoke on “Are you looking for the right surname in the the right location?

I need to read:
Surnames of Ireland (as an Introduction) – by MacLysaght and

Surnames of Ireland by Robert Matheson

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