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    The Irish Archives is a family history research tool for users whose main interest is that of Irish genealogy and the search for family roots in Ireland. We've collected thousands of Irish ancestry and genealogy related links, and continue to do so on a daily basis, allocating them to dozens of suitable categories for ease of search. This is family history research made easy: no cost, point, click, and read.




Irish Wattle
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Exploring Australia's Irish ancestry....   Added: 2012-05-20
Northern Ireland's Photostream
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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland's Photostream....   Added: 2012-05-20
Donnie Phair Photo Archives Of Fermanagh
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A local photographer in Co. Fermanagh, building an archive of photos showing Fermanagh people, how they live and what they love. ...   Added: 2012-05-17
The European Association Of Archaeologists
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The association for all professional archaeologists of Europe and beyond....   Added: 2012-05-17
Centre For Irish Genealogical And Historical Studies
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The Centre is a voluntary, non-commercial entity with genealogical, heraldic and historical aims related to the content of this website....   Added: 2012-05-17
Discover Your Irish Roots
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Irish Family History research is often very difficult and time-consuming because of the lack of records, and more specifically the lack of any complet...   Added: 2012-05-17
Association Of Professional Genealogists In Ireland
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The Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (APGI), which was founded in 1986, acts as a regulating body to maintain high standards amongs...   Added: 2012-05-17
History Of Headstones
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Search the largest collection of online gravestone inscriptions in Northern Ireland. Our database contains over 50,000 inscriptions from over 800 grav...   Added: 2012-05-17
The Belfast Newsletter Index
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The Belfast Newsletter, an Irish newspaper that began publication in Belfast in 1737 and continues in business until this day, has good claim to being...   Added: 2012-05-17
Births In Anthologia Hibernica, 1793-94
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This index is compiled by Sir Arthur Vicars, F.S. A., Ulster-King-of -Arms, by whose courtesy it is included in this work. The periodical existed only...   Added: 2012-05-17

The Gaelic Social Structure
It is often heard that one's ancestors were "Kings" of this or "Lords" of that, but our modern (and essentialy English) understanding of these terms c...  
Daniel O'Connell And The Doneraile Conspiracy: Page 1
Origins: The Doneraile Conspiracy of 1829 had its origins in the Whiteboy movement, a secret oath-bound society, which for about seventy years had ...  
Daniel O'Connell And The Doneraile Conspiracy: Page 2
Judges Address. Baron Pennefather then charged the Grand Jury, and was fair enough. He mentioned the evidence of informers, and advised that it sho...  
Daniel O'Connell And The Doneraile Conspiracy: Page 3
Mrs. Glover's Evidence. Mrs. Eliza Glover of Johnsgrove then gave evidence. She said she saw one of the prisoners in the dock, James McGrath, at Jo...  
Marriage Records, Rosbercon Parish, Kilkenny, 1864
Civil Registration of Marriages, New Ross Union, [1864, 1st Quarter], Vol. 4 26 January 1864 John Murphy (full age), bachelor, laborer, residence B...  
Rosbercon Parish Map, County Kilkenny
This is a section of an Ordnance Survey map of Rosbercon and the surrounding area. ...  
The Irish Short Story
The short story is, for me, a natural form, as difficult and as easy to talk about as, say, walking. Do we need a theory about going for a walk? About...  
Irish Genocide Or The Great Irish Famine?
"Those who governed in London at the time failed their people through standing by while a crop failure turned into a massive human tragedy. We must no...  
Gerald Keegan's Summer of Sorrow, 1847
In 1847, Gerald Keegan crossed the Atlantic in from County Sligo, Ireland to Grosse Ile, Quebec, Canada, which at that time was still part of Great Br...  
Letter To The Editor Of The Cork Examiner, January 29, 1847
Bandon Bridge Place, Jan. 23rd, 1847 H SIR--permit me to call your attention to the awful condition of the poor of this town. I shall confine mysel...