Irish Genealogy

If your search for Irish ancestry has hit a dead end, you might have missed one of Ireland’s crucial checkmarks—the Irish Naming Code. Irish families have kept this strict pattern when naming their children for centuries, and that wasn’t just…

If you have some missing pieces of information in your Irish family history, British military records could be holding the key to unlocking these mysteries.  These records go beyond the service offered, providing details about all those enlisted, place of…

New Zealand and Australia make up the top five countries with the highest population of Irish ancestry. At least 10% of the population of these two countries has some Irish descent after their ancestors immigrated as political convicts, desperate farmers…

If you’re struggling to read your Irish ancestor’s records, you’re not alone. Historical Irish documents can be a nightmare to interpret given the unfamiliar scripts and confusing abbreviations and Latin phrases used in them. Finding that 18th-century baptismal record you’ve…

Throughout my 20 years of experience in Irish genealogy, I can attest that the confusion within the geography itself is understated. A significant number of researchers who hit a dead end even with all the necessary records blame the chaos…

The search for ancestry grave sites in Ireland involves utilizing various resources such as death and burial notices, cemetery records, headstone inscriptions, and DNA testing to locate ancestral resting places. Online platforms like IrishGraveyards and Find A Grave provide digitized…

To locate ancestry grave sites in Ireland, start by reviewing death and burial notices, checking cemetery records available at repositories like the National Archives of Ireland and local parish archives, and exploring headstone inscriptions through sites such as Find A…

To overcome brick walls in Irish genealogy research, address missing vital records by exploring alternative sources like newspapers, gravestones, and parish registers. Navigate name variations and spelling changes by understanding historical influences and using resources like IrishGenealogy.ie to search for…

To research Irish ancestors who participated in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 or the Irish War of Independence from 1913 to 1921, utilize resources such as court martial records, medal rolls from institutions like the UK National Archive and Irish…