Lorna Moloney
Merriman Research & Training Ltd
Professional Genealogist
353-85-8721184
Currently accepting clients for...
- Family History Research
- Speaking / Presenting
- Writing /Publishing
- Other Speciality
Family History Research
- Document Retrieval / Record Agent
- Dual Citizenship
- Ethnicity / Religion
- Family History Research
- Heraldry / Lineage Societies
- Immigration / Naturalization
- Military
- Tutor / Coach
Speaking/Presenting
- Family History Research
- Methodology & Resources
- Technology
- Writing & Publishing
- Available for in-person events
- Available for virtual events
Writing/Publishing
- Author/Writer
- Editor
- Publisher
- Tutor / Coach
Other Speciality
- Dual Citizenship
- Event / Reunion / Travel Planning
- Forensic Research
- Heirlooms / Archivist
- House Historian / Local History
- Oral Historian
- Photograph Analysis
- Handwriting / Palaeography
Services
Lorna offers a mentoring service for genealogy research. Her portfolio includes exclusive genealogy exhibition and films called 'the Aldworths of Newmarket Court' for Duhallow Ancestry.
Lorna is a skilled innovator in Diaspora and educational genealogical remits. Lorna offers Online Genealogy Courses tailored to candidate requirements.
Lorna produces and presents The Genealogy Radio show at Raidio Corcabaiscinn and is currently producing webinars at Skellig in Ireland to those wishing to learn how to research Irish sources.
Trace your Irish roots online webinars are now available to book through Irishroots@clansandsurnames.com,
Geographic Specialties
Irelands, Irish surnames, Irish webinars, rural Ireland.
Testimonials
Lorna delivers a premier service and is a dedicated research professional in the field of Irish genealogy. Lorna's genealogy events are exceptional.
Lorna delivers a premier service and is a dedicated research professional in the field of Irish genealogy. Lorna's genealogy events are exceptional.
Additional specialities or search keywords
Irish surnames, irish history, folklore,
Irish surnames, irish history, folklore,
Publications/Media
'The Claddagh' Framing the West - Irish Academic Press 2007 2007 Article on the Claddagh fishermen showing how visual culture depicting this community in the nineteenth century Authors: Lorna Moloney A New Frightfulness - Medieval Thomond The Other Clare (Vol) 29 July 2005 Account of sixteenth century Tudor atrocity in Medieval Thomond Authors: Lorna Moloney 'More than Queens, Old Women and Mouth Pieces - Gaelic women in Medieval Thomond Sliabh Aughty (Vol 12) 2006 An account of brehon law, marriage and social networks in Medieval Thomond Authors: Lorna Moloney The Booles of Broxholme UCC March 2015 'The Boole of Broxholme' in George Boole -The Man, (UCC, 2015) Authors: Lorna Moloney
'The Claddagh' Framing the West - Irish Academic Press 2007 2007 Article on the Claddagh fishermen showing how visual culture depicting this community in the nineteenth century Authors: Lorna Moloney A New Frightfulness - Medieval Thomond The Other Clare (Vol) 29 July 2005 Account of sixteenth century Tudor atrocity in Medieval Thomond Authors: Lorna Moloney 'More than Queens, Old Women and Mouth Pieces - Gaelic women in Medieval Thomond Sliabh Aughty (Vol 12) 2006 An account of brehon law, marriage and social networks in Medieval Thomond Authors: Lorna Moloney The Booles of Broxholme UCC March 2015 'The Boole of Broxholme' in George Boole -The Man, (UCC, 2015) Authors: Lorna Moloney
Lectures
Feb 2016 - From Gaelic lordship to English shire, The MacNamaras: Moore Institute, NUI Galway 2016. April 2012 - Lincoln College, Oxford University: Explorations of the Gaelic Diet: Aspect and Approaches. March 2012 - Cork Archaelogical Society & Cork City Archives Genealogy Conference -'Tracing your People' Paper Dr David Butler & Lorna Moloney - Deconstructing the past, researching and writing your family tree February 2012- Moore Institute - NUI Galway: Gaelic Possessions: An analysis of Hardiman's Ancient Deeds June 2011 - Irish Conference of Medieval Historians - Gaelic Lordship
Feb 2016 - From Gaelic lordship to English shire, The MacNamaras: Moore Institute, NUI Galway 2016. April 2012 - Lincoln College, Oxford University: Explorations of the Gaelic Diet: Aspect and Approaches. March 2012 - Cork Archaelogical Society & Cork City Archives Genealogy Conference -'Tracing your People' Paper Dr David Butler & Lorna Moloney - Deconstructing the past, researching and writing your family tree February 2012- Moore Institute - NUI Galway: Gaelic Possessions: An analysis of Hardiman's Ancient Deeds June 2011 - Irish Conference of Medieval Historians - Gaelic Lordship
Repositories
In Ireland: repositories, libraries, archives
In Ireland: repositories, libraries, archives
Research Time Periods
- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 18th Century
- 17th Century
- 16th Century and Earlier
Languages
Can read basic Latin, French, and German, including Gothic script
Can read basic Latin, French, and German, including Gothic script
Affiliations
Board Member of the Virtual Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists 2019-2022
Board Member of the Virtual Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists 2019-2022
Degrees
B.A. Hons University of Limerick (History), Historical Landscape Certificate (Historical landscape assessment) Certificate in Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Management 2020, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning (2020) UCC. MBA from The Technological University of the Shannon (2021)
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (2024) (UCC)
B.A. Hons University of Limerick (History), Historical Landscape Certificate (Historical landscape assessment) Certificate in Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Management 2020, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning (2020) UCC. MBA from The Technological University of the Shannon (2021)
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning (2024) (UCC)