Event Information

Name: Office of Arms (Absorption)
Location: Dáil Éireann

Office of Arms (Absorption)

Absorption

Thursday 1st of April 1943

Following transfer of the Office of Arms to Irish administration, the successor 'Genealogical Office' appears to have become a branch of the National Library of Ireland with administrative responsibility allocated to the Department of Education

Source: Order of the Civil Service Commission, 24 March, 1943, Iris Oifigiúil, 30 March 1943; S.I. No. 267/1943; Section 13 of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 (No. 11 of 1997)
URL: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1943/si/267/

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Office of Arms	National Library of Ireland