Irish Genealogy, Ancestry, & Family History Resources

Genealogy

Why you have to visit Glasnevin - the resting place of Ireland's heroes and heroines

No trip to Dublin is complete without visiting Glasnevin Cemetery, one of the most beautiful and historically significant sites in all of Ireland.

History

History

Invaluable Irish archives burnt during 1922 civil war retrieved

Irish records once thought lost forever have been successfully recreated and will be available online by 2022.

Roots

Roots

Study claims that Irishmen descended from Turkish farmers

Research indicates Turkish farmers arrived in Ireland about 6,000 years ago, bringing agriculture with them.

Genealogy

Genealogy

Trump’s Gaelic heritage explored in new TV show

The new documentary explores the fascinating life story of Mary MacLeod, the Scottish Mother of President Donald Trump.

Genealogy

Genealogy

Doc Dalton: How discovering I was Irish changed my life

The Depressed Poet and Founder of Outlaws for Christ on how discovering his Irish ancestry through a DNA test meant the world to him.

Craic

Craic

90-year-old Irish children's Santa letters found in chimney

The amazing generosity, poverty, and selflessness displayed in a miraculous letter that survived up a chimney in Hell's Kitchen ignites the spirit of Christmas.

Genealogy

Irish American discovers immigrant great-grandfather in 1929 Seattle photograph

Casey McNerthney's great-grandmother Lily Kempson played a role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

History

History

Love Irish history? Join IrishCentral's history Facebook group

IrishCentral readers have a true passion for history and we want you to join in the conversation on our Facebook group dedicated to Irish history.

Genealogy

On This Day: Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone is sentenced to death

Wolfe Tone, the father of Irish republicanism was sentenced to death in 1798. Here, a look at his personal life.

Genealogy

Police get warrant to search genetic database used to find Golden State Killer

A detective in Florida has been granted a warrant to search the personal genomics database and genealogy website GEDMatch after it tightened its privacy policies in the wake of the Golden State Killer case.

Genealogy

How to find out where your ancestors lived in Ireland

Proud owners of Irish roots around the globe dream of walking in their ancestor's footsteps and finding their ancestral home in Ireland.

Genealogy

How to trace your Irish roots using this traditional Irish naming pattern

This traditional naming pattern once used in Ireland could be a useful tool when trying to fill in the gaps of your Irish roots.

Genealogy

Every Irish person has 14,000 cousins, research reveals

Tracing roots back 200 years can lead to the discovery of many new relatives for those in Ireland and Irish Americans.

Genealogy

Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?

Why are American-born descendants of Diaspora Irish so tenacious about identifying with their homeland, even when their connections are generations distant?

Genealogy

Professor discovers the long-hidden dark secrets of her Irish family

Princeton Professor unearths the sad “half-life” her family was condemned to due to the “wicked ideals of morality, propriety, and respectability.”

Genealogy

Genealogists petition for early release of 1926 Irish census

The first official census recorded in Ireland's Free State took place in 1926, but the Irish government has now indicated that it won't be made available to the public until 2027.

History

On This Day: Irish American Titanic hero 'Unsinkable' Molly Brown dies in 1932

Born of Irish parents in Missouri "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" survived the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and worked as an actress! What an amazing life she had.

Genealogy

Ten signs you have Irish ancestors

So, you’re sure your ancestors came from the Emerald Isle?

Travel Tips

Honor your Irish Ancestor and bring their name back home to Ireland

EPIC invites people around the world to add their Irish ancestor's names to the museum.

Genealogy

Irishman sent to Australia as child reunited with family he was told were dead

After over 40 years of searching, an Irishman finally found his family alive and well in Country Fermanagh after nuns at children's home repeatedly told him he had no living relatives.

Genealogy