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| *[[Ireland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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| *[[Ireland Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Ireland Census|Census]]
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| *[[Ireland Church Directories|Church Directories]]
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| *[[Ireland Church History|Church History]]
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| *[[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
| | Guide to '''Ireland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
| *[[Ireland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
| | ==Information== |
| *[[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]
| | Today the island of Ireland is divided into two countries: (1) the Republic of Ireland, also known as Éire or Poblacht na hÉireann and (2) [[Northern Ireland Genealogy|Northern Ireland]], one of the four constituent countries of the [[United Kingdom]] (together with [[England Genealogy|England]], [[Scotland Genealogy|Scotland]], and [[Wales Genealogy|Wales]]). Prior to 1922 the island of Ireland was one country. The language most widely spoken is English.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ireland," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref> In the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Gaelic language has official status; in Northern Ireland it has some official recognition along with Ulster Scots. |
| *[[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
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| *[[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| *[[Ireland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| *[[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
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| *[[Ireland History|History]]
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| *[[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| *[[Ireland Language and Languages|Languages]]
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| *[[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Ireland Names Personal|Names Personal]]
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| *[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| *[[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
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| *[[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
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| *[[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| *[[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]
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| *[[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Ireland Schools|Schools]]
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| *[[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
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| *[[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
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| == Introduction ==
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| Ireland has been known by many names throughout time. The first name given to the land was Island of Woods, a name given by a warrior of the people of "Nin, son of Bel.” Other names were Eire, Isle of Mists, and Irlanda.
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| Ireland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, and separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea on the east. It is divided into Northern Ireland, a constituent part of Great Britain, and the Republic of Ireland, also known as Eire. The island comprises thirty-two counties within four provinces: Connaught, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster.
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| == Featured content ==
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| *'''Browse by topic:''' [[:Category:Ireland|Pages for Ireland]]
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| *[[Ireland Cemeteries|Gravestone inscriptions]] can be a useful source of family history information. Gravestones may give birth, marriage, and death information. They may also give clues about military service, occupation, or family members buried in the same area. Sometimes they give more information than the parish burial register or civil certificate of death.
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| *[[Atlas to the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland|Topographical maps]]
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| *[http://www.fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/Ireland/ireland_main.htm Here's access] to The Family History Library's Patron Desktop Irish " [http://www.fhlfavorites.info/Links/British/Ireland/ireland_main.htm Favorites]". Please note that currently there are significant county 'collections' for just about every single one of the following genealogical subjects--including Probate, Census, Land & Property, Genealogy and Church/Civil Registration ''with only a few county exceptions.''
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| == Counties ==
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| Before 1922, Ireland was one country consisting of thirty-two historic counties. As a result<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298415715960_217" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1298415715960_626" /> of Civil War, Ireland was divided in 1922 into two countries:
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| *Northern Ireland with six counties
| | ==Ireland Map== |
| *Republic of Ireland with twenty-six counties
| | The map below shows the whole of Ireland. The six counties of Northern Ireland are divided from the rest by a heavy black line. |
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| For further historic information, see [[Counties of Ireland]].
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| The map below shows the whole of Ireland. The six counties of Northern Ireland are divided from the rest by a heavy black line. Note that Donegal is part of the Republic of Ireland.
| | ==Counties== |
| | Click on a county to locate more information about resources in that county. |
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| '''Click on a county to go to that county's page:''' {{Irelandimagemap}}
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| '''Or click on a county name below:'''
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| | | '''Northern Ireland Counties (Post-1922)'''<br> |
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| |- | | <li>[[County Antrim, Ireland Genealogy|Antrim, Northern Ireland]] </li> |
| | [[County Antrim|Antrim]] | | <li>[[County Armagh, Ireland Genealogy|Armagh, Northern Ireland]] </li> |
| | [[County Dublin|Dublin]]
| | <li>[[County Down, Ireland Genealogy|Down, Northern Ireland]] </li> |
| | [[County Limerick|Limerick]]
| | <li>[[County Fermanagh, Ireland Genealogy|Fermanagh, Northern Ireland]]</li> |
| | [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]]
| | <li>[[County Londonderry, Ireland Genealogy|Londonderry (''Derry''), Northern Ireland]] </li> |
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| | <li>[[County Tyrone, Ireland Genealogy|Tyrone, Northern Ireland]] </li><br> |
| | [[County Armagh|Armagh]]
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| | [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]]
| | '''Republic of Ireland Counties''' |
| | [[County Londonderry|Londonderry (Derry)]]
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| | [[County Sligo|Sligo]]
| | <li>[[County Carlow, Ireland Genealogy|Carlow]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Cavan, Ireland Genealogy|Cavan]]</li> |
| | [[County Carlow|Carlow]]
| | <li>[[County Clare, Ireland Genealogy|Clare]]</li> |
| | [[County Galway|Galway]] | | <li>[[County Cork, Ireland Genealogy|Cork]]</li> |
| | [[County Longford|Longford]]
| | <li>[[County Donegal, Ireland Genealogy|Donegal]]</li> |
| | [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]
| | <li>[[County Dublin, Ireland Genealogy|Dublin]]</li> |
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| | [[County Cavan|Cavan]]
| | <li>[[County Kerry, Ireland Genealogy|Kerry]]</li> |
| | [[County Kerry|Kerry]]
| | <li>[[County Kildare, Ireland Genealogy|Kildare]]</li> |
| | [[County Louth|Louth]]
| | <li>[[County Kilkenny, Ireland Genealogy|Kilkenny]]</li> |
| | [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]]
| | <li>[[County Laois, Ireland Genealogy|Laois (''Queens'')]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Leitrim, Ireland Genealogy|Leitrim]]</li> |
| | [[County Clare|Clare]]
| | <li>[[County Limerick, Ireland Genealogy|Limerick]]</li> |
| | [[County Kildare|Kildare]]
| | <li>[[County Longford, Ireland Genealogy|Longford]]</li> |
| | [[County Mayo|Mayo]]
| | <li>[[County Louth, Ireland Genealogy|Louth]]</li> |
| | [[County Waterford|Waterford]]
| | <li>[[County Mayo, Ireland Genealogy|Mayo]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Meath, Ireland Genealogy|Meath]]</li> |
| | [[County Cork|Cork]]
| | <li>[[County Monaghan, Ireland Genealogy|Monaghan]]</li> |
| | [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]
| | <li>[[County Offaly, Ireland Genealogy|Offaly (''Kings'')]]</li> |
| | [[County Meath|Meath]]
| | <li>[[County Roscommon, Ireland Genealogy|Roscommon]]</li> |
| | [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]]
| | <li>[[County Sligo, Ireland Genealogy|Sligo]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[County Tipperary, Ireland Genealogy|Tipperary]]</li> |
| | [[County Donegal|Donegal]]
| | <li>[[County Waterford, Ireland Genealogy|Waterford]]</li> |
| | [[County Laois|Laois (Queens) ]]
| | <li>[[County Westmeath, Ireland Genealogy|Westmeath]]</li> |
| | [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]]
| | <li>[[County Wexford, Ireland Genealogy|Wexford]]</li> |
| | [[County Wexford|Wexford]]
| | <li>[[County Wicklow, Ireland Genealogy|Wicklow]]</li> |
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| | [[County Down|Down]]
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| | [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]]
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| | [[County Offaly|Offaly (Kings)]]
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| | [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]]
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| == Beginners Corner == | | ==References== |
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| If you are just beginning to research your Irish ancestors, here are some helps to get you started.
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| | | [[Category:Ireland]] |
| ==== How Can I Find My Irish Ancestor? ====
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| You may have a family story or a document that says one of your ancestors came from Ireland. You don't know where in Ireland, or perhaps you only know the name of a county. You want to know more. A good place to start is by finding your family in the country where they settled. Read on to [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|'''learn''']] what you can do.
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| ==== Research Guidance ====
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| You may also want to try step-by-step research guidance. This includes suggested records to search and instructions on how to access them. Select a time period for an event type you would like to find.
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| [[Ireland Research Guidance|1619-1863]] <br>[[Ireland Research Guidance: Birth 1864-Present|1864-present]]
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| [[Ireland Research Guidance: Marriage 1619-1863|1619-1863]] <br>[[Ireland Research Guidance: Marriage 1864-Present|1864-present]]
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| *Death
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| [[Ireland Research Guidance: Death 1619-1863|1619-1863]] <br>[[Ireland Research Guidance: Death 1864-Present|1864-present]]
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| ==== Ireland Research Guide ====
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| You may also wish to review the [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/Europe/Ireland.pdf Ireland Research Guide]. This 538-page resource is from the BYU Family History Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and is a collection of many reference sources and articles (far more than just the Ireland Research Outline that appears first). The information is out of date and does not include online sources, but it is still valuable.
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| [[Ireland Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ireland Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *Lecture on [http://www.ria.ie/Events/Events-Listing.aspx A History of the Atlantic World, c1450- c1830] with Professor Nicholas Canny Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, 6 PM 28 February 2011.<br>
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| *Irish census records, 1901 and 1911, are now being digitized by the [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland].
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| *[http://www.librarycouncil.ie/irishlibrarynews/december-2010-308/a1/ Clare Library wins major award for genealogy]. "... includes invaluable transcriptions of Tithe Applotment Books, gravestone inscriptions with photographs ..."<br>
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| ==Did You Know?==
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| *Between 1831 and 1841 in Ireland, 34,090 recruits joined the Army.
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| *The [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/index.htm Princess Grace Irish Library] provides online biographical & bibliographical information on 4,500 Irish writers on its EIRData website. EIRData, which stands for Electronic Irish Records Dataset, was compiled by Dr. Bruce Stewart of the University of Ulster. The site also contains primary and secondary bibliographies, commentaries, quotations and notes.
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| *The term 'Census Strays' refers to people who are born in one place whose name appears in a census in another place. A page on the [http://www.nifhs.org/census.htm North of Ireland Family History Society] website contains details of over 15,000 records of persons living in households with one or more people of Irish origin. These "strays" compiled by the Society were sent in from the UK and the rest of the world. office
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| *Records of Officers from first Irish Police force on internet. Record of more than 80,000 officers from the 1st Irish Police Force are being released on line. It will contain personal details of every man that enlisted in the Irish Constabulary between 1816-1021 including their name, year and place of birth, age of enlistment and marital status. It is on the Ancestry Subscription site.
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| *The National University of Ireland in Galway, in conjunction with the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, has created an online index to the landed estates of Connaught Province covering c.1700-1914. Though the project was not primarily intended as a genealogical tool, it is that, and they are to be commended for creating this great resource. The index can be searched alphabetically by the names of estates, families, and houses, and the website includes maps and images of the great houses. The index is found at the [http://landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/ Landed Estates] website.
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| == Useful websites ==
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| *[http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives]
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| *[http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html Irish Genealogy] -- particularly for Dublin City and counties Carlow, Cork and Kerry.
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| *[http://www.brsgenealogy.com/ Irish Family History Foundation's online searchable database]
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| *[http://www.familyhistory.ie/ Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann - Genealogical Society of Ireland]
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| *[http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/historic/ Historic Maps]
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| *[http://www.from-ireland.net/ From Ireland]
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| *[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/ Ask About Ireland]
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| *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GenUKI]
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| ;[[Ireland Websites|More Ireland Websites ....]]
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