The Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO) announced that Clare County Library is the recipient of its 2010 Award for Excellence in Genealogy, not only in recognition of the facilities provided in the Local Studies Centre at Ennis (which includes a magnificent collection of Clare newspapers and the recently acquired microfilmed parish registers), but particularly the online genealogy section of the Library’s website. According to CIGO, the website includes invaluable transcriptions of Tithe Applotment Books, gravestone inscriptions with photographs, school rolls, and indexes to newspaper extracts, etc.
You can read more in the Irish Library News at http://www.librarycouncil.ie/irishlibrarynews/december-2010-308/a1/
