Irish Genealogy Resources

Thanks to Barbara Randall for this list of online and offline Irish genealogy resources.

Online Resources

• Ireland Genealogy Projects: www.igp-web.com
• Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives: www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/#gsc.tab=o
• Church of Ireland: www.ireland.anglican.org/find-a-church
  (scroll down to the bottom for ‘genealogy’ or ‘document library’)
• National Archives of Ireland: www.nationalarchives.ie
• General Register Office of Ireland (certificates $): www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/GRO_Research.aspx
• PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland): www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni
  (historical documents and birth/marriage/death certificates)
• Northern Ireland certificates $: www.nidirect.gov.uk/information-and-services/government-citizens-and-rights/births-deaths-marriages-and-civil
• Landed Estates: landedestates.nuigalway.ie:8080/LandedEstates/jsp
• Irish Genealogy.ie: www.irishgenealogy.ie/en
• Ask About Ireland- Griffith’s Valuation: www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation
• Irish Flax Growers, 1796: www.failteromhat.com/flax1796.htm
• National Library of Ireland: www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx
• Maps, SWilson: www.swilson.info/index.php
• Ancestry- United Kingdom: search.ancestry.co.uk $
• Family Search: familysearch.org/search
• FindMyPast: www.findmypast.com/ National Library of Ireland: registers.nli.ie (Catholic parish registers)
  Guide to Family History Resources at the National Library of Ireland (pdf download): www.nli.ie/GetAttachment.aspx?id=71ba8e6c-494e-4cd9-a2cf-fa243a314c11
• Irish Genealogical Society: www.irishancestors.ie/ $
• GenUKI: www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl
• Townland Database: thecore.com/seanruad/index.html
• Dusty Docs: www.dustydocs.com/Country/show/country_id/4
• Population Statistics: www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/
• John Grenham (former Irish Times): www.johngrenham.com/ $/free
• TIARA (The Irish Ancestral Research Association): tiara.ie/index.php
• Roots Ireland: www.rootsireland.ie/ $
• Ireland Reaching Out: www.irelandxo.com/
• Down Survey of Ireland (Map): downsurvey.tcd.ie/index.html
• Irish Genealogy Toolkit: www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
• Ethos (theses): ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
• Ireland Ordnance Survey Maps (plus): www.ria.ie/library/catalogues/special-collections/modern-manuscripts/ordnance-survey-ireland-archive $ to purchase if you choose
• National Archives of the UK (Kew): www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
• Internet Archive (digital library of books, microfilm, sound, video, websites, etc.): archive.org/index.php
• Facebook groups (societies, archives, genealogy groups): www.facebook.com
• History of Ireland, Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ireland
• Irish Genealogy, Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_genealogy

(All website links valid as of 2/28/2017.)

Offline Resources

• Grenham, John. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2012.
• McCaffrey, Carmel. In Search of Ireland’s Heroes. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006.
• Moore, Wendy. Ireland. New York: Prentice Hall Travel, 1994.
• O’Dowd, Peadar. Tracing Your Galway Ancestors. Dublin: Flyleaf Press, 2010.
• O’Neill, Robert K. Irish Libraries. Blefast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007.
• Paton, Chris. A Decade of Centenaries Researching Ireland 1912- 1923. St. Agnes, South Australia: Unlock the Past, 2016.
• Paton, Chris. Discover Irish Land Records. St. Agnes, South Australia: Unlock the Past, 2015.
• Paton, Chris. Irish Family History Resources Online. St. Agnes, South Australia: Unlock the Past, 2015.
• Ryan, James G. Sources for Irish Family History. Dublin: Flyleaf Press, 2001.
• Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. Moorhead Magazines Ltd., Toronto, CAN, 2012.