New global Irish genealogy prize announced

A new award that celebrates outstanding, long-term contributions to the development of Irish genealogy worldwide has been announced by the Irish Genealogical Research Society

In 2020, the new Wallace Clare Award is being presented to four recipients, all of whom have made a significant impact on aspects of the study of the genealogy of the people and diaspora of Ireland.

Reflecting the global spread of Irishness, two of the recipients are from the USA and one is from Argentina. The fourth person is honoured posthumously for a major one-name study that involved records from many countries.

The four inaugural recipients are:

• Marie E. Daly, from Massachusetts

• Christina Hunt, from Pennsylvania

• Guillermo Macloughlin, from Buenos Aires

• the late William D. O’ryan. You can read more about each of them in a special feature on our website at https://familytr. ee/award

The Award is named in honour of Reverend Wallace Clare (1895-1963), a Catholic priest and keen academic who founded the IGRS in 1936. Find out more at https://familytr.ee/igs