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Kildare Village is a designer outlet shopping centre just outside Dublin with 100+ leading luxury boutiques.

Last weekend, it offered free shuttle busses to the 25,000 US fans who came to Dublin for the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic (ALCFC) between Georgia Tech and Florida State University.

This gave the visitors a chance to experience Kildare Village and enjoy some unique  Irish events that were organised, such as a performance by the modern Irish dance group Prodijig, an Irish coffee-making demonstration, and opportunities to explore their Irish heritage.

For the latter, Kildare Village partnered with Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI), of which Genealogy.ie/Jillian van Turnhout is a member. AGI represents the interests of people who are professionally employed in the field of genealogy and  monitors the standard of their work on behalf of their clients. Genealogists cannot just join and become a member, they have to affiliate first and go through a rigorous process inclusing assessment of work carried out.

The talk on family history research took place in a beautiful room, normally used for personal shopping. Our Jillian van Turnhout was the main speaker and in her presentation she touched on various topics, including the not very well-known fact that many Irish people emigrated well before the Great Famine. Also attending were AGI members Anne-Marie Smith and Joan Sharkey.

After the prentation AGI provided free consultations.