The Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (APGI) welcomed the 27 May 2008 announcement from the National Library of Ireland that they are once again to allow public access to their microfilm copies of Roman Catholic parish registers from the dioceses of Cashel & Emly, Cloyne and Kerry. The National Library's collection of microfilms covers the surviving pre-1881 baptismal and marriage records of almost all Roman Catholic parishes throughout Ireland. In 1994 the National Library was supplied with a legal opinion by Muireann O Briain, S.C., which dismissed the notion of copyright in a manuscript which were created for the purpose of maintaining records and which was not 'the work of one person or of joint authorship'. Ms. O Briain further stated that even if copyright were upheld, anyone using microfilm copies of the registers for research purposes would not be infringing any such copyright. There should now be no restrictions on viewing any RC church records in either NLI or from the LDS. (URL http://www.apgi.ie/news.html) Good news for Donegal and Antrim folk with connections in Cashel & Emly, Cloyne and Kerry Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat"