Friday 16 June 2023

Watch the PRONI Centenary Event live on June 22nd

Next Thursday 22nd June sees an event which can be attended in person, or viewed online, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni):

PRONI Centenary Event

22 June, 12pm-1.30pm 

Join us as we celebrate our 100th anniversary at an event highlighting our past, present and future, and hearing our guest speakers reflect on their PRONI experience.

Speakers include Tim McGarry (writer and comedian), Stephen Walker (former BBC NI political correspondent), Sam McBride (Northern Ireland editor of the Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Independent), Professor Marie Coleman (historian, Queen’s University Belfast), Bronagh McAtasney (private depositor and NI Screen access and outreach officer), Rhona Murray (Ancestry content and acquisition manager).

To sign up, please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/proni-centenary-event-tickets-660417896707

COMMENT: I am looking forward to this one - PRONI is simply the best national archive in existence! (I'm biased!)

Chris

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