Please join us for the next meeting of the Irish Research Group. Elizabeth Gordon will present on County Kilkenny and Sharon Brennan will talk about her favourite ancestor, Dr William Lee Dawson (1819 – 1871). 

Sharon will highlight the Irish hospitals and schools where Dr Dawson received his medical education, his Caribbean travels with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and his subsequent life as the doctor in Franklin, Tasmania from 1854 until his death in 1871. Plus: some updates and a look at aliases and píseogs.

Skill level: All

     Group Leads: Kathleen Hackett & Sally Skulte

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