Irish Genealogy Resources
Northern Ireland Civil Registration began 1922. Republic of Ireland Civil Registration began 1864, although non Roman Catholic marriages were recorded from 1845. Many of these records were destroyed in the fire in Four Courts building, which housed the Public Records Office of Dublin in 1922.
'All Ireland' sources
- Irish Genealogy – https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ (See 'Research' menu for information)
Church records – https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ (births, marriages & deaths 1600s, not all survive)
Ireland Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958 – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/civil-search.jsp (births & deaths from 1864, non-RC marriages from 1845) - FamilySearch Ireland Genealogy – https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ireland_Genealogy (links to guides and records)
Ireland Civil Registration 1845-1913 – https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2659409?collectionNameFilter=false (births & deaths from 1864, non-RC marriages from 1845, incomplete)
Ireland Genealogy – https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ireland_Genealogy (guides, resources, tutorials) - GENUKI Ireland – http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ (gateway to genealogical information, 'all Ireland' & local)
- 'A Primer in Irish Genealogy' – http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/epubs/primer.pdf (free eBook)
- Ancestry.com – http://www.ancestry.co.uk (costs)
Irish Newspapers – http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=50008
Wives & Children of Irish Convicts transported to NSW 1825-1840 – http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=50008 - Ask about Ireland (History & Heritage) – http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/ (Changing Libraries Initiative)
Relief fund – http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/the-mansion-house/relief-fund/ - Celtic Guide – http://www.celticguide.com (free electronic magazine about Scotland and Ireland)
- Church of Ireland Parish Registers – https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/registers/ParishRegisters/PARISHREGISTERS.pdf (what survives and where it is)
- dustydocs – http://dustydocs.com.au/country-show/4/Ireland.html (gateway site to guides, records, choose a county to narrow)
- Fáilte Romhat – http://www.failteromhat.com (John Hayes' transcripts: census, directories, cemeteries, maps & more)
- FamilyRelatives.com – http://www.familyrelatives.com (Irish wills, university & school alumni, directories, land owners, costs)
- Fianna Guide to Irish Genealogy – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/ (some transcriptions, church records, surnames)
- Find My Past – http://www.findmypast.com (search free, images cost, wills, some BMD & census, land records, many directories, some military)
- From Ireland Genealogy and Family History – http://www.from-ireland.net (some civil registration, some parishes, directories & historical, gravestone photographs, by county)
- (The) Great Irish Famine Online – https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8de2b863f4454cbf93387dacb5cb8412 (maps the famine at parish level)
- IreAtlas: Townland Database – https://thecore.com/seanruad/
- Ireland Genealogy Projects – http://www.igp-web.com
- Ireland Societies – https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ireland_Societies
- Irish Ancestors – https://johngrenham.com (John Grenham's website, ancestor surname search for distribution & related surnames, some features cost)
Irish Family History Societies – https://www.johngrenham.com/browse/society_links.php - Irish Famine Memorial, Sydney (Australia) – http://www.irishfaminememorial.org (special immigration scheme to bring destitute single women from the workhouses of Ireland, 1845-48)
- Irish Famine Report (1847) – http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/Famine.txt
- Irish Genealogy free eBooks – http://freeirishgenebooks.blogspot.com.au (read online or most can be downloaded to an electronic reading device)
- Irish Genealogy Links – http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/index.html (including 'by county')
- Irish Genealogy Links – http://www.aigs.org.au/irelandlinks.htm
- Irish Genealogy Toolkit – http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com
Irish Immigration to Britain – https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-immigration-to-Britain.html - Irish Graveyards – http://www.irishgraveyards.ie
- Irish Lives Remembered – http://www.irishlivesremembered.ie (free electronic magazine)
- Irish Migration to Australia – https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/326177/NMA_Irish.pdf (National Museum of Australia)
- Irish Newspaper Archives – https://www.irishnewsarchive.com (digitisation of newspapers from 1700s, early stages, costs for details, see also electronic resources of state and national libraries)
- Irish Newspaper Extracts – http://irelandoldnews.com (incomplete but free)
- Irish Newspapers on Ancestry.com – http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=50008
- My Irish Ancestry – http://www.myirishancestry.com (forums and articles)
- Online images and maps – http://www.buildinghistory.org/images2.shtml#Ireland (image collections)
- Penal transportation Records – https://www.nationalarchives.ie/article/penal-transportation-records-ireland-australia-1788-1868-2/ (convicts transported to Australia 1788-1868 & some accompanying families)
- Registry of Deeds Index project – https://irishdeedsindex.net/index.php (free index being compiled of land & deeds, not yet complete)
- Roots Ireland – https://www.rootsireland.ie (free index search, costs to purchase records, large number of parish records)
Republic of Ireland
- General Register Office, Dublin – https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/af7893-general-register-office/ (BMD certificates from 1864, non-RC marriages from 1845)
- National Archives of Ireland – https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie (includes 1901 & 1911 censuses)
- National Library of Ireland – http://www.nli.ie
Digital Photograph Collection – http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/index_glassplates.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates
Republic of Ireland: county & local sources
- County Carlow
County Carlow – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/carlow.html (Fianna) - County Cavan
County Cavan – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/cavan.html (Fianna) - County Clare
Clare genealogy – http://www.clarelibrary.ie (see 'Genealogy', 1901 census, Griffith's, Tithe Applotment, etc)
County Clare – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/clare.html (Fianna) - County Cork
Cork Cemetery Records – http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cork/cem.htm (IGP - Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives)
Cork City and County Archives – http://www.corkarchives.ie (archives, cemetery burial registers & more)
Cork Graveyards – https://web.archive.org/web/20050802083938/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colin/Ireland/CorkGraveyards.htm (archived website)
County Cork pre-1864 and later – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/cork.html (Fianna)
Gravestone inscriptions – http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/genealogy/thegravestoneinscriptionsofcountycork/ (Cork City Council) - County Donegal
County Donegal – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/donegal.html (Fianna) - County Dublin
County Dublin – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/dublin.html (Fianna)
Dublin Heritage – https://databases.dublincity.ie (Dublin city public libraries databases, including some parish registers & electoral lists) - County Galway
County Galway – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/galway.html (Fianna) - County Kerry
County Kerry – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/kerry.html (Fianna)
Local History & Archives – http://www.kerrylibrary.ie/local-history--archives.html (Kerry Library) - County Kildare
County Kildare – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/kildare.html (Fianna) - County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/kilkenny.html (Fianna) - County Laois (Queen's, Leix)
County Laois – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/laois.html (Fianna) - County Leitrim
County Leitrim – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/leitrim.html (Fianna) - County Limerick
County Limerick – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/limerick.html (Fianna)
County Limerick Genealogy – http://www.countylimerickgenealogy.com
Limerick Archives – https://www.limerick.ie/archives
Limerick Land Divisions – https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/LIM/land/landdivisions (GENUKI) - County Longford
County Longford – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/longford.html (Fianna) - County Louth
County Louth – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/louth.html (Fianna) - County Mayo
County Mayo – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/mayo.html (Fianna) - County Meath
County Meath – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/meath.html (Fianna) - County Monaghan
County Monaghan – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/monaghan.html (Fianna) - County Offaly (King's)
County Offaly – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/offaly.html (Fianna) - County Roscommon
County Roscommon – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/roscommon.html (Fianna) - County Sligo
County Sligo – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/sligo.html (Fianna) - County Tipperary
County Tipperary – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/tipperary.html (Fianna) - County Waterford
County Waterford – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/waterford.html (Fianna) - County Westmeath
County Westmeath – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/westmeath.html (Fianna) - County Wexford
County Wexford – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/wexford.html (Fianna) - County Wicklow
County Wicklow – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/wicklow.html (Fianna)
Northern Ireland
- General Register Office, Northern Ireland – https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk (BMD certificates from 1864, non-RC marriages from 1845)
- Public Record Office, Northern Ireland – https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni (includes search for wills, search of freeholders eligible to vote, online street directories 1819-1900, Ulster Covenant)
- Belfast graveyards – https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/burial-records/search-for-a-burial-record
- Emerald Ancestors – http://www.emeraldancestors.com (costs, mainly Northern Ireland BMD)
- Ulster Ancestry – http://ulsterancestry.com (some parts free, some cost)
- Ulster Historical Foundation – http://www.ancestryireland.com (civil & parish registers, various databases - indexes free, transcripts cost)
History from Headstones – https://www.ancestryireland.com/research-projects/history-from-headstones-online/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzvX7BRAeEiwAsXExo_bLerRfwxa9hww1Ut6d81ufeEdx3zT0JEWxZZR8BKchB1bO-CBaexoCxUkQAvD_BwE (Irish gravestone inscriptions)
Northern Ireland: county & local sources
- County Antrim
County Antrim – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/antrim.html (Fianna) - County Armagh
County Armagh – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/armagh.html (Fianna) - County Derry (Londonderry)
County Derry – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/derry.html (Fianna) - County Down
County Down – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/down.html (Fianna) - County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/fermanagh.html (Fianna) - County Tyrone
County Tyrone – http://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/tyrone.html (Fianna)
Irish Palatines
- Irish Palatine Association – http://www.irishpalatines.org/about/history.html (Irish Palatine Heritage Centre, based in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, Ireland)
- 7 Genealogical Lessons for Researching your Palatine Ancestors – https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/7-genealogical-lessons-for-researching-your-palatine-ancestors/ (Hank Jones, blog post on Ancestry 2014)
- (The) 1709ers - German Palatinates – https://dna-explained.com/2016/11/06/the-1709ers-german-palatinates-52-ancestors-137/ (Roberta Estes, blog post on DNAeXplained)
- Daniel Defoe and the Palatine Emigration of 1709: A New View of the Origin of Robinson Crusoe – https://www.jstor.org/stable/27700989 ("The Journal of English and Germanic Philology")
- Daniel Defoe and the Palatines – http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/daniel%20defoe%20and%20the%20palatines.pdf ("The Old Limerick Journal")
- Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration – http://threerivershms.com/knittlech4.htm (Walter Knittle, "Ch 4: Ireland and the North Carolina Settlements")
- German Palatines – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Palatines (Wikipedia)
- (The) Harticks of Ireland – http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hartrickclan/genealogy/article1.htm (Lester J Hartrick)
- History of the Palatine Emigration to America – https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/palatine_history.htm (Kathryn Parker)
- (The) Irish Palatines – http://www.revisionist.net/hysteria/irish-palatines.html (Revisionist History)
- Palatine Families Project – https://www.geni.com/projects/The-Palatine-Families-Project/735 (Geni, descendants project)
- Palatines Research – https://kennethd.github.io/genealogy/2019/04/13/palatines.html (Kenneth Dombrowski, Palatines in North America)
- (The) Poor Palatines: an 18th-century refugee crisis – https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2015/09/the-poor-palatines.html (British Library blog post)
- (A) Short History of the Irish Palatines – http://www.teskey.org/palhist.html (Tom Upshaw)