Guides & Speakers

During the conference you will be assisted in your research and enjoy talks from a range of acknowledged experts of Irish genealogy, history, migration and archives.

Fintan Mullan

Fintan Mullan is the Executive Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation. Fintan has lectured widely in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.

William Roulston

Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation and author of Abercorn: The Hamiltons of Barons Court and Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors.

Gillian Hunt

Gillian was previously The Woodland Trust’s research officer and is now a genealogical researcher and Research Officer with the Ulster Historical Foundation.

Patrick Fitzgerald

Patrick Fitzgerald is a lecturer and Development Officer, Mellon Centre for Migration Studies. Also co-author of Migration in Irish History, 1607-2007.

Brian Lambkin

Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park and co-author of Migration in Irish History, 1607-2007