Irish Genealogy Resources
This is a page of resources I have put together for my Genealogy Class. I hope they may be of interest to a broader audience as well. Some of these are pretty obscure so I hope that it expands your list of Irish resources.
HINT: Finding Irish Origins for Immigrants
In general there are two overlooked places to find genealogical information as to place of origin for Irish immigrants. First is tombstones which often list the place of origin. The second is Newspaper obituaries or ads in either local papers or in papers like the Irish American Weekly (1849-1914). While writing this I went to my husband’s HALEY line. I read over Patrick HALEY’s obituary carefully. Within the obit the name was also spelled HEALY but I had overlooked was that he came over with his wife and a David MURRAY who also settled in Emporium, Cameron County, PA. Bingo I found David MURRAY and Patrick on the same Ship’s passenger list. I had been searching for Patrick Haley for decades. It was spelled Patrk HEALY on the manifest. Another example of the friends and family research plan. I also had expected that he went from Ireland to New York and It appears he actually left from Liverpool ENGLAND!
General & Getting Started
Organizations
- Researching your Irish Ancestry Ireland XO
- Irish Genealogy
- Irish Family History Association Roots Ireland
Videos
- Getting started with Research in Ireland Dan Poffenberger at 2024 Roots Tech video
- Coming and Going: Tracing Your Irish Surname History David Ryan 2024 Roots Tech video
- Researching Your Irish Ancestry at Minimal Cost Maurice Gleeson Excellent!
- Finding Irish Relatives Part One Vita Brevis NEHGS
- Finding Irish Relatives Part Two Vita Brevis NEHGS
- Finding Irish Relatives Part Three Vita Brevis NEHGS
- Irish and Scots-Irish Family History Research Workshop video 3 hours
- Free Irish Genealogy Getting started Course
Books
- The Family Tree Irish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Ireland Claire Santry 2017
- Tracing Your Irish Ancestors 5th Edition John Grenham 2019
- Irish Records: Sources for Family and Local History James G. Ryan 1997 Ancestry
- Finding Your Irish Ancestors David S. Oumette 2005 Ancestry
Forum
- My Irish Heritage
- Ireland XO Message Board
Surnames
- Irish Surnames John Grenham’s great site for searching Irish surnames
- Ireland Names and Surnames
- Origenes Maps Surnames, Ulster surnames, Castles, Clans etc
- Irish Surname Maps Barry Griffith
Immigration
- Irish Immigration Database Mellon Migration Centre
- Immigrant Letters from America University of Galway 7,000 complete letters
- National Museum of Liverpool (often a port of embarkation for Irish immigrants)
- Irish Newspaper Archives $$$ Free to members of NEGHS
- How to locate parish of Origin Ireland XO
Census or alternatives
- Census Records from the National Archives 1821-1851 (fragments) ; 1901; 1911
- Ireland Tithe Applotment Books, 1814-1855 @ Family Search need account -free
- Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1805-1837 @ Ancestry.com (need subscription)
- Northern Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1822-1837 @ Family Search
Records Sources
- Ireland’s Virtual Treasury
- Ireland National Archives
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- Family Search Ireland On line wiki
- Irish Manuscript Collection
- 1641 Depositions at Trinity College Dublin Library
- Medieval Gaelic Sources
- The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland
Catholic Records
- Irish Catholic Parish Registers from St Louis County Library
- Irish Catholic Church Records Roberta Estes
- Finding Your Ancestors in Catholic Parish Registers
Ulster Scots / Scots -Irish in America
- Scots Irish in America Origins & Migrations Rhonda R. McClure via NEGHS video. Highly recommend. Great introduction
- Ulster Settlers
- Ulster Historical Foundation
- 1718 Migration of Ulster Scots to America
- Derry Records
- Plantations in Ulster 1600-41 A collection of Documents
- Ulster Ancestry
- Name search Ulster records search
Land Records, Deeds, aka Memorials
- Introduction to the Memorials and Transcription Books at the Registry of Deeds, Dr Patrick Walsh
- Northern Ireland Registry of Deeds
- Republic of Ireland Registry of Deeds
- Images of the Memorial Book on Family Search
- Registry of Deeds Indexing Project
- Using Irish Landed Estate Papers to find your ancestors Gillian Hunt Roots Tech 2022 Video
- Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records: A Guide for Family Historians Chris Paton book
- Understanding Irish Land Divisions Rhonda R. McClure via NEGHS video
Maps
- Ireland’s History in Maps
- Maps based on Griffith’s Evaluation
- 1846 Old Ireland Map
- Origenes Maps Surnames, Ulster surnames, Castles, Clans etc
- Irish Surname Maps
- Ireland Map Collections at UCD and on the Web: Historic Maps from Univ College Dublin
- Irish Townland and Historical Map Viewer
- Clan Names of Ireland Map
- David Rumsey Map Collection
Finding a Barony, town, parish etc.
- Irish Historic Town Atlas from St Louis County Library
- The Irish Townlands
- Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland. Dublin: Alexander Thom
- Irish Townlands Survey
- Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 Goof for looking up place names
Specific Area
ANTRIM
- Bill MacAffre’s site for Antrim and Derry
CORK
- Skibbereen Heritage Centre West Cork
DERRY
- Bill MacAffre’s site for Antrim and Derry
Visiting Ireland
- Planning your Irish Research Trip David Ryan Roots Tech 2022 Video on YouTube
- How to Trace your Irish Ancestry during a visit to Dublin Frommer’s
- Ireland Castles
- Excavations at Elag Castle
- My Ireland Heritage Tours
- Cobh Heritage Centre Cobh, County Cork
- Ireland National Archives
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
DNA
- Origins of the Irish and Scots as revealed by their DNA
- The Irish DNA Atlas: providing a map of Irish genetics in and out of Ireland – Dr Edmund Gilbert
- Ancient Ireland’s Y and Mitochondrial DNA – Do You Match??? Roberta Estes
- Emerging Dynasties in a Maritime World by Cathy Swift YouTube from Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2014
- DNA vs The Irish Anals By Brad Larkin YouTube from Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2014
- Using Y-DNA to Research your Surname Maurice Gleeson YouTube 2018
- Dr. Maurice Gleeson Presentations and downloads
- Ireland and the Slave Trade Maurice Gleeson
Irish Genealogy Blogs
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Wow! So many resources. Thank you for saving me hours of work!!
You are welcome.
Hi great list just back from Rootstech so many great Irish classes this year. I believe Healy is also Hale if I remember correctly. I have a long line of those.