Irish (and a few international) Genealogy Links

Until 1922 the entire island of Ireland was one administrative unit. Both Dublin and Belfast repositories have at least copies of the pre-1922 records, with those in Belfast largely, but not completely, confined to the nine historic counties of Ulster. It is only after 1922 that the records are different. The Public Record Office in Dublin was destroyed during the Irish Civil War in 1922, along with virtually all its holdings. From the point of view of genealogy, the most significant losses were the 19th-century census returns, the Church of Ireland parish registers and the testamentary collections. Anything not in the PRO has survived, including non-Church of Ireland parish records, civil records of births, marriages and deaths, property records and later censuses. For much of the material that was lost, there are abstracts, transcripts and fragments of the originals.

Irish Genealogy Links - John Grenham  Maintained by one of Ireland leading resident genealogists and experts on Dublin genealogy, this site offers a program which searches a catalogue of genealogical resources within Ireland which are useful, additional links and online archives available for searching.

Essential Genealogy Links Page     Source of Irish genealogy links maintained by the House of Waterford, it is more extensive than many others and includes links to homepages about Irish surnames and pedigrees.    

Ulster Historical Foundation   this site promises to be the main resource for Northern Ireland - offers an online search as well as yearly conferences.    

Irish Surname lists Surname lists maintained by the county hosts are available for public posting and often lead you to others who are researching the same lines and can share information with you.     

Archives and Repositories
Gluckman's Ireland House  

Trinity College - Dublin The oldest University in the world, Trinity College has the largest collection rare books and antiquities relating to the history, genealogy, and origin of the people of Ireland than any other university.  

 
Newsgroups and List Servers -

 IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com Official Ireland Genealogy List associated with the Ireland Gen Web. All County hosts are subscribed so please ask them your questions!      news.soc.genealogy.uk+ireland A great list server for finding out information about availability of records and for sharing information with others.

 SURNAMES-IRELAND Ireland Surname list to share information about surnames you are researching in Ireland and general information about links and emigration.    
IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Surname list for Ireland sharing information with others around the world about surnames you are researching.

 FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com Similar to IRELAND-L this server also answers questions about general research and does lookups for others.

 SCOTCH-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com A listserver serving people of Northern Ireland and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Great for lookups and sharing information!

 news.clari.world.europe.ireland Another good list server for finding out sources of information and sharing information with others.  

TheShipsList-L-reqeust@rootsweb.com An excellent list server for finding out information about specific ships, passengers, and ports of entry. The members are very knowledgeable and thorough and willing to share information. Very heavy mail so be careful when you subscribe! Put only the word 'subscribe' in the message text to subscribe to this group.     

OSI in Ireland for Discovery Maps etc