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Guide to '''Ireland ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Country Information==
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.


=== Introduction  ===
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Prior to 1922 the island of Ireland was one country, comprised of thirty-two counties within the four historic provinces of '''Connaught''', '''Leinster''', '''Munster''' and '''Ulster'''. [[Image:Rock of Cashel.jpg|thumb|115x153px]] <br>  
|<span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span>
 
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<br> Today the island is divided into two countries:
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:*the '''Republic of Ireland''', also known as '''Éire''', made up of twenty-six counties; not a part of the United Kingdom.
:*'''Northern Ireland''', a constituent part of the United Kingdom, made up of six of the counties of the Province of Ulster.
 
For further historic information, see [[Counties of Ireland]].
 
=== Counties  ===


==Ireland Map==
The map below shows the whole of Ireland. The six counties of Northern Ireland are divided from the rest by a heavy black line.  
The map below shows the whole of Ireland. The six counties of Northern Ireland are divided from the rest by a heavy black line.  


'''Click on a county to go to that county's page:''' {{Irelandimagemap}}  
{{Ireland_map}}  
 
'''Or click on a county name below:'''
 
{| width="100%" class="wikitable"
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| width="33%" | [[County Antrim|Antrim]] §
| width="34%" | [[County Kerry|Kerry]]
| width="33%" | [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]]
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| [[County Armagh|Armagh]] §
| [[County Kildare|Kildare]]
| [[County Offaly|Offaly (''Kings'')]]
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| [[County Carlow|Carlow]]
| [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]
| [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]]
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| [[County Cavan|Cavan]]
| [[County Laois|Laois (''Queens'')]]
| [[County Sligo|Sligo]]
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| [[County Clare|Clare]]
| [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]]
| [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]
|-
| [[County Cork|Cork]]
| [[County Limerick|Limerick]]
| [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] §
|-
| [[County Donegal|Donegal]]
| [[County Londonderry|Londonderry / Derry]] §
| [[County Waterford|Waterford]]
|-
| [[County Down|Down]] §
| [[County Longford|Longford]]
| [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]]
|-
| [[County Dublin|Dublin]]
| [[County Louth|Louth]]
| [[County Wexford|Wexford]]
|-
| [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] §
| [[County Mayo|Mayo]]
| [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]]
|-
| [[County Galway|Galway]]
| [[County Meath|Meath]]
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*§ These counties make up [[Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]]
*'''County Dublin''' was abolished in 1994 and replaced by three new authorities: '''Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown'''; '''Fingal''' and '''South Dublin'''.
*The historic county of Tipperary was divided in 1898 into '''North Tipperary''' and '''South Tipperary'''.
 
=== Beginners Corner  ===
 
==== Research Guidance  ====
 
If you are just beginning to research your Irish ancestors, here are some helps to get you started. Choose an event to learn about in the life of your Irish ancestors:
 
*[[Ireland Research Guidance|Birth]]
*[[Ireland Research Guidance: Marriage 1619-1863|Marriage]]
*[[Ireland Research Guidance: Death 1619-1863|Death/Burial]]
*[[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Immigration]]
 
==== Records Available on FamilySearch  ====
 
*Listing of all [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927084 records collections for Ireland] available on FamilySearch.org
 
'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''
 
*[[Ireland Births (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ireland Births (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Ireland Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ireland Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Ireland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ireland Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*[[Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
 
=== News Events  ===
 
*Join a Community of Ireland researchers! Ask questions, help others, and share your research successes on [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ireland-Genealogy-Research-Community/111217125636860 Facebook] and/or [[Join a Skype Research Community#Europe|Skype]].
*32,000 baptism records posted by [http://monaghan.rootsireland.ie/ '''RootsIreland'''] for County Monaghan.
*Irish census records, 1901 and 1911, have been digitized by the [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland].
*[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 ..."
 
=== Did You Know?  ===
 
*Between 1831 and 1841 in Ireland, 34,090 recruits joined the Army.
*The [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/index.htm Princess Grace Irish Library] provides online biographical &amp; 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.
*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
*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 1816-1921 including their name, year and place of birth, age of enlistment and marital status. It is on the Ancestry Subscription site.
*The National University of Ireland in Galway, in conjunction with the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, has created an on-line 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.
 
=== Useful websites  ===
 
*[http://www.findmypast.com/content/irish-genealogy-records findmypast.com] - For records from all regions of Ireland
*[http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ National Archives of Ireland]
*[http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html Irish Genealogy] -- particularly for Dublin City and counties Carlow, Cork and Kerry.&nbsp;
*[http://www.brsgenealogy.com/ Irish Family History Foundation's online searchable database]&nbsp;
*[http://www.familyhistory.ie/ Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann - Genealogical Society of Ireland]
*[http://www.irishhistoricmaps.ie/historic/ Historic Maps]
*[http://www.from-ireland.net/ From Ireland]
*[http://www.askaboutireland.ie/ Ask About Ireland]
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ GenUKI]
*[http://www.irelandxo.com/ Ireland Reaching Out<br>]
*[http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ Irish Times Ancestor Search]
*[http://www.looking4kin.com/group/ireland Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Ireland]
 
;[[Ireland Websites|More Ireland Websites ....]]
 
=== Help Wanted  ===
 
In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
 
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==Counties==
Click on a county to locate more information about resources in that county.


To add your knowledge and help expand the wiki, click here: [[FamilySearch Wiki:Help wanted on the Ireland pages|Ireland Help Wanted]]  
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'''Northern Ireland Counties (Post-1922)'''<br>
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    <li>[[County Antrim, Ireland Genealogy|Antrim, Northern Ireland]] </li>
    <li>[[County Armagh, Ireland Genealogy|Armagh, Northern Ireland]] </li>
    <li>[[County Down, Ireland Genealogy|Down, Northern Ireland]] </li>
    <li>[[County Fermanagh, Ireland Genealogy|Fermanagh, Northern Ireland]]</li>
    <li>[[County Londonderry, Ireland Genealogy|Londonderry (''Derry''), Northern Ireland]] </li>
    <li>[[County Tyrone, Ireland Genealogy|Tyrone, Northern Ireland]] </li><br>
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'''Republic of Ireland Counties'''
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    <li>[[County Carlow, Ireland Genealogy|Carlow]]</li>
    <li>[[County Cavan, Ireland Genealogy|Cavan]]</li>
    <li>[[County Clare, Ireland Genealogy|Clare]]</li>
    <li>[[County Cork, Ireland Genealogy|Cork]]</li>
    <li>[[County Donegal, Ireland Genealogy|Donegal]]</li>
    <li>[[County Dublin, Ireland Genealogy|Dublin]]</li>
    <li>[[County Galway, Ireland Genealogy|Galway]]</li>
    <li>[[County Kerry, Ireland Genealogy|Kerry]]</li>
    <li>[[County Kildare, Ireland Genealogy|Kildare]]</li>
    <li>[[County Kilkenny, Ireland Genealogy|Kilkenny]]</li>
    <li>[[County Laois, Ireland Genealogy|Laois (''Queens'')]]</li>
    <li>[[County Leitrim, Ireland Genealogy|Leitrim]]</li>
    <li>[[County Limerick, Ireland Genealogy|Limerick]]</li>
    <li>[[County Longford, Ireland Genealogy|Longford]]</li>
    <li>[[County Louth, Ireland Genealogy|Louth]]</li>
    <li>[[County Mayo, Ireland Genealogy|Mayo]]</li>
    <li>[[County Meath, Ireland Genealogy|Meath]]</li>
    <li>[[County Monaghan, Ireland Genealogy|Monaghan]]</li>
    <li>[[County Offaly, Ireland Genealogy|Offaly (''Kings'')]]</li>
    <li>[[County Roscommon, Ireland Genealogy|Roscommon]]</li>
    <li>[[County Sligo, Ireland Genealogy|Sligo]]</li>
    <li>[[County Tipperary, Ireland Genealogy|Tipperary]]</li>
    <li>[[County Waterford, Ireland Genealogy|Waterford]]</li>
    <li>[[County Westmeath, Ireland Genealogy|Westmeath]]</li>
    <li>[[County Wexford, Ireland Genealogy|Wexford]]</li>
    <li>[[County Wicklow, Ireland Genealogy|Wicklow]]</li>
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Guide to Ireland ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Country Information[edit | edit source]

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, one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom (together with England, Scotland, and Wales). Prior to 1922 the island of Ireland was one country. The language most widely spoken is English.[1] In the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Gaelic language has official status; in Northern Ireland it has some official recognition along with Ulster Scots.

Online
Research Help

Ireland Map[edit | edit source]

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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Counties[edit | edit source]

Click on a county to locate more information about resources in that county.

Northern Ireland Counties (Post-1922)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Ireland," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland, accessed 24 March 2016.