Patricia O'Shea <pkoshea@xtra.co.nz> said: >It pays to research the opening hours of institutions as well, and the >bus routes and walking distances etc. Nothing worse than going all that >way to find the place is closed on the only day you have free. An essential tool for just this sort of information is Robert K. O'Neill's book "Irish Libraries, Archives, Museums & Genealogical Centres" See http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v11/f13/oneill.html for info. You can order it from Amazon.com or from the Ulster Historical Foundation at http://www.booksireland.org.uk/ -dja