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National Archives Of Ireland The National Archives holds a wide variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history. View
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Burren Information Centre The question of why the Burren has such a profusion of monuments has no simple answer but there are a number of pointers. View
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Slater's Commercial Directory Of Ireland, 1846 Lists detailed descriptions of the town or city, post office information and shows the names of nobility and gentry living in or close to the town. The traders of each town are arranged according to their trade. View
The National Library Of Ireland For the period before 1864, parish records provide the only record of most baptisms, marriages and burials. Catholic parish registers are normally still held by the parish priest, but there are microfilms of many of them for the period up to 1880 in the National Library of Ireland. View
Landowners In Ireland, 1876 Name of every land owner in Ireland 1876 who had at least one acre of land. View
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Eircom Telephone Directory Ireland's telephone directory. View
Ancestry.co.uk Ireland Message Board Read and post messages with other genealogy researchers View
Griffith's Valuation Search At My Irish Ancestry.com Free membership and search over 1,000,000 million records. View
A Little Bit Of Ireland General resource page with focus on newspapers, Co. Clare, Co. Limerick, Co. Mayo, and Co. Roscommon. View
Flaxgrowers Of Ireland, 1796 The Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly 60,000 individuals in 1796. Spinning wheels were awarded based on the number of acres planted. People who planted one acre were awarded 4 spinning wheels and those growing 5 acres were awarded a loom. Broken down by county. View
Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation Of Ireland 1848-64 Records online for all counties. View
Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation Of Ireland 1848-64 Searchable database. Griffith's Primary Valuation of Ireland was the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland. It was overseen by Richard Griffith and published between 1847 and 1864 View
Births In Ireland, 1864 Birth registration in Ireland (including Northern Ireland) began in 1864. The indexes you find on this site are the first step of a two step process in finding a birth record registered in Ireland. View
IreAtlas Townlad Database, 1851 Based on the 1851 Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland. View
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Castles Of Ireland Early stone fortifications, castles, towers, and strong-houses, separated and arranged by county name. View
Megalithic Ireland This web site features many megalithic, early christian and fortified sites we have visited around Ireland. View
Clare County Library Clare's county library. View
Clare Library's Genealogy Section Includes records from both the 1901 and 1911 censuses, Griffith's valuation, an index of Tithe Applotment Books, directories ranging from 1788 through to 1893, and military and eviction notices. Anything County Clare and genealogy related will feature here. A fantastic resource. View
1798 Rebellion In County Clare In 1797 the United Irishmen actively recruiting in Clare, even attempting to recruit from the ranks of army. 'Emigrants' from Dublin and Northern Ireland came to Clare on recruiting missions. A number of locals were also actively recruiting new members, including Martin Devitt, a carpenter from Lackamore; Michael Mulqueeny, a blacksmith from Torr; and Michael Murphy, a labourer from Tullygarvan, Lahinch. View
Limerick And Clare In 1935 The city of Limerick was born with a silver spoon in its mouth. Perhaps the metaphor is a violent one. There is little resemblance between a spoon and a river; and it is the Shannon that gives Limerick its unique quality among Irish cities. Written by Lynn Doyle. Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd , 1935. View
Historic Graves A community focused grass roots heritage project which digitally records and publishes historic graveyard surveys and related multimedia stories. View
Clare Country Library This website is created and maintained by staff of the library's ICT & Information Services Department at Library Headquarters, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. This 'website' is in reality a collection of separate websites and services, including the Online Catalogue, Foto (the photograph collection), the online Forums, the library blog, the eAudio service, the GoogleMini search facility and the 'main' website covering library services and information about the culture of County Clare. View
Officers Of The Munster Volunteers, 1782 This Pamphlet, as a contemporary record of the Volunteers of Munster, is of such rarity that I have thought it worth transcribing for our Journal. It will be of interest, not merely to the general reader, but to the descendants of the various families whose names are associated with those who held command and officered the Volunteers, and to all Irishmen who are imbued with the true spirit of patriotism, and who rejoice in being descended from those who, to defend their homes from foreign invasion sprang to arms, and were equipped, armed and accoutred at their own personal charges. View
Clare Institute For Traditional Studies (Oidhreacht An Chláir Teo) OaC is a community-based company formed to promote the study of the culture of County Clare. The aim of OaC is to foster and promote the Irish traditional arts in their native environment. View
Kilmaley & Ennis, Gravestone Transcriptions This is not a complete listing of burials. The records provided were last edited January 04, 2006. Total records: 313. View
Calluragh Cemetery, Gravestone Transcriptions To find this cemetery take the Lahinch to Miltown Malbay Road After you pass Cregg keep going straight at the T junction. This graveyard is just a short distance from the junction and is on farmland on the right hand side which has to be crossed to reach the cemetery. It is not signposted. Total records: 265. View
Old Ennistymon, Gravestone Transcriptions Take the Ennis to Ennistymon road and take the first right turn up the hill to the cemetery when you reach the town.The cemetery sits high on a hill and can be seen from the approach road to Ennistymon. Total records: 409. View
Lahinch Graveyard, Gravestone Transcriptions This is not a complete listing of burials in this cemetery. Total records: 60. View
Miltown Malbay Cemetery, Gravestone Transcriptions This is a very old cemetery on the ruins of an old church. Some of the headstones are worn and very hard to read, situated on an unlisted road. The best way to find it is to take the Lahinch to Miltown, Malbay coast road and when you come to the signpost for Moy, turn left and keep traveling up the hill until you reach Moy Church. At the church turn right and travel up the hill through Torr until you reach the cemetery which is on a T-junction. View
Ballard Cemetery, Gravestone Transcriptions When traveling North on Main Street Miltown Malbay turn right at Canada Cross on to the Ballard Road. Proceed one mile and you will find the cemetery on the right side of the road. There is a large parking lot for vehicles. This is not a complete listing of burials in this cemetery. Total records: 273. View
Griffith's Valuation 1852/1855, County Clare Surname Index Griffith's Primary Valuation took place throughout Ireland during the middle of the 19th Century and the valuation of Clare was published in 1855. Those parts of Clare contained in the Union of Limerick were published in 1852. It was a survey of land occupation to determine the amount of tax a landowner or occupier should pay towards the support of the Poor Law System. View
The Origins Of Heraldry, Clare County Library From the dawn of history, long before man could read or write he used symbols and emblems to convey his ideas. In the days of the Roman Empire the Romans carried the eagle atop their standards as a symbol of strength. The Old Celtic clans used a system of colours to indicate social and political standing. The rank of the individual was displayed on his cloak by the number of colours he was permitted. View
Parishes And Church Records, County Clare Library Tables below taken from "Irish Records: Sources for family and local history", James G. Ryan (ed.) Flyleaf Press, 1997. Reproduced by the kind permission of Flyleaf Press. View
Ireland Newspaper Abstracts The links contained within will take you to the articles currently on Ireland Old News.com and are organized by county of publication, year and month. These pages are updated frequently so be sure to check back often for your particular interests. View
Lucas's 1788 General Directory County Clare A general directory of the Kingdom of Ireland in Ennis, Co. Clare in 1788, compiled by Richard Lucus. View
Pigot's Directory, 1824: Ennis, Co. Clare The Clare Library's information related to Pigot's Directory of towns in Co. Clare in the 19th century. View
Pigot's Directory, 1824: Killaloe, Co. Clare The Clare Library's information related to Pigot's Directory of towns in Co. Clare in the 19th century. View
Pigot's Directory, 1824: Kilrush, Co. Clare The Clare Library's information related to Pigot's Directory of towns in Co. Clare in the 19th century. View
Clare Links Links to Clare business, education, accommodation, and news webpages. View
Aillwee Cave, Co. Clare Located in the heart of the Burren, County Clare. Forty minutes from both Galway and Shannon. Perched high on its Burren terraced mountain side with what has to be one of the most spectacular views of Galway Bay. View
Doonbeg Area, Co. Clare Nature, tradition and hospitality in one of the most beautiful areas Ireland has to offer... Enjoy the many activities which are possible in the West of Clare - or just relax in a local pub and listen to the traditional music for which this area is so famous. View
Shannon Development Shannon Development is a government owned regional development company dedicated to promoting and developing the Shannon Region of Ireland. We are based in Shannon, Co Clare with regional offices in Clare, North Kerry, Limerick, South Offaly and North Tipperary. View
Shannon Heritage We unlock the door to an Ireland full of treasures in the Shannon Region. For visitors who wish to experience the best of Irish hospitality and history, we have a range of superb evening entertainments and top tourist attractions for you to enjoy. Shannon Heritage have been entertaining visitors in our castles since 1963. In that time over 4.5 million people have enjoyed evenings in four distinct and unique venues View
Doonbeg Community Development Ltd. Located in the heart of West Clare, Doonbeg is a beautiful, picturesque village with plenty to offer. From the magnificence of the world renowned Doonbeg Golf Club, to our acclaimed sandy beaches, with the vibrance of many local drama and music festivals, Doonbeg has everything to meet your needs. View
Ennis: Weekend Break Ennis is a truly outstanding town. Undiscovered by many visitors from abroad and other parts of Ireland. You can unwrap the secrets of Ennis by taking a short break with us, at any time of the year. View
Penal Laws Of Ireland Laws in Ireland for the suppression of popery. View
Online Census Records For Ireland Categorised by county. View
Genuki: Ireland "Ireland, a large island of Europe, W of Great Britain, between lon. 6 and 10, 40 W, and lat. 51, 15 and 55, 13 N, 280m. long and 160 broad, and containing 19,436,000 acres divided up into 4 provinces; Ulster N, Leinster E, Munster S, and Connaught to the W, and subdivided into 32 counties." [From The New London Gazetteer (1826)] View
Cobh: The Queenstown Story From 1848 - 1950 over 6 million adults and children emigrated from Ireland - over 2.5 million departed from Cobh. Our genealogical record finder has been designed for people interested in tracing their ancestors but have no knowledge of genealogical records. View
The Landed Estates Database Welcome to the Landed Estates Web site, a searchable, online database of all Landed Estates in Connacht and Munster, maintained by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway. The Landed Estates Database provides a comprehensive and integrated resource guide to landed estates and historic houses in Connacht and Munster, c. 1700-1914. The aim of this guide is to assist and support researchers working on the social, economic, political and cultural history of Connacht and Munster from c.1700 to 1914. View
Ireland Roots General resource. View
Ireland IGI Batch Numbers The LDS Church has organized the records in the IGI into 'batches'. These batches relate to how and when the information was extracted from source material. For each batch Hugh Wallis extracted the church or chapel (if specified), town, county and country names of the first record that appears when it is called up in a browser. View
Internment Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world. View
Griffiths Valuation 1848-64 Irelands Valuation office conducted its first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864. This survey became known as "Griffiths Valuation" after Richard Griffith who was the director of the office at that time. View
Archiseek Archiseek is an online magazine dedicated to, but not exclusively, Irish architecture. Featuring news from Irish architecture, encouraging discussion between architects and those interested in our build environment, Archiseek is the leading Irish architecture publication. View
Log Ainm Placenames Database of Ireland, developed by Fiontar (DCU) and The Placenames Branch (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht). View
Irish Life & Lore Now at Irish Life and Lore, over 3,000 voices have been captured as they discuss their own lives and histories, along with personal and family experiences of events in Irish national and social history. View
Irish Family History Foundation To view an individual detail genealogy record you will need to purchase credit vouchers at a cost of €5.00 per record. View
Irish Genealogy And History Books Irish Genealogy Books on each and every county in Ireland, and Classic Histories from the Four Masters, to Keatings History, and Conquest of Ireland. Includes rare works like the Irish Book of Arms and the 'Missouri Irish'. 60 titles published by the Irish Genealogical Foundation. View
Bassett's 1881 Directory, O'Briensbridge & Bridgetown Includes clergy, gentry, trades, businesses, and professions. View
Workhouses In Ireland A list of all of the Workhouses in existance in Ireland during the 19th and early part of the 20th Century, together with details of who you should contact for further information as to the whereabouts of Original Workhouse Registers. View
Connaught Rangers Association The New Connaught Rangers Association was set up in King House in Boyle, Co Roscommon by a number of individuals with a strong interest and family links to the old regiment. View
Irish Country Women's Association ICA members meet in local groups across the country, almost 700 Guilds each of which offers a varied programmes of activity including trips and visits, crafts and art, interesting speakers, competitions and a whole lot more. View
Irish Graveyards The homepage of Irish Graveyard Surveyors. This site provides the facility to search a number of Irish graveyards to locate a specific grave or simply to browse through a graveyard or number of graveyards. You can use our search engine or our graveyard locator to find what you are looking for. View
Ireland Genealogy Projects This site offers access to a valuable collection of material that is not readily available elsewhere including monumental inscriptions, photographs of headstones, parish registers and civil registration records. View
Irish Death Notice Index This page is an index of 54,622 obituaries of people who were born and/or died in Ireland, or whose deaths were mentioned in Irish newspapers. The actual obituaries are not necessarily available online. View
Roman Catholic Parish Maps Online Just click on the county of interest and a map displaying all the parishes is displayed. Click on the parish of interest to see what records, date ranges and indexes are available, and where the records are held. View
Clare County Censuses 1841-51 When the Old Age Pension was introduced in Ireland in 1908, people had to prove they were over 70 years of age in order to qualify. As Civil Registration did not begin until 1864, birth certificates were not available for those born before that date. View
Ireland's History in Maps, 1100 From 1086 to 1114 the most powerful king in Ireland was Muirchertach O'Brien. He had dealings with the Anglo-Normans and the Norwegian king, and dominated most of the country. View
LibraryIreland.com's Topographical Dictionary Compromising several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate markets and post towns, parishes and villages. View
Ancestors On Board Passenger lists with over 24 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide. View
Clare Champion Newspaper, 1935-85 The Clare Champion is a weekly newspaper published in County Clare. It was first published in March 1903, after its predecessor the Clare Man, was forced to close due to a libel case. View
Clare Heritage & Genealogical Centre County Clare, situated on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster suffered greatly from emigration over the last two hundred years. View
Kilmacduane Marriages, Co. Clare These selected marriages from the RC parish of Kilmacduane (Cooraclare), in Co. Clare were copied from microfilm #P2485 at the National Library in Dublin. The microfilm covers the period May 1, 1853 to Nov. 29, 1867. View
Killaloe, Co. Clare Marriage License Bonds From MS 31883-Consists of 197 folios containing 144 original marriage license bonds, 2 marriage licenses, 3 bonds of wardship and 4 releases from excommunication. View
Francis Guy's Clonlara Directory, 1886 Post Office parish of Kiltenanlea on the river Shannon, 3 m. from Castleconnell. Population of parish 1,381. View
Richard Lucus' Directory Of Ennis, Co. Clare, 1788 A general directory of the Kingdom of Ireland, 1788, by Richard Lucus in Ennis, Co. Clare. View
Slater's Directory Of Ennis, 1856 Post Office, Jail street, Ennis, George Crow, Post Master-Letters from Dublin, Connaught, etc, arrive every morning at five and are despatched every evening at fifteen minutes before seven. View
The Irish Times Digital Archive 1859-2009 A newspaper exists to reflect the society which it serves. The Irish Times is no different. It has changed and reinvented itself over and over again down through the years, evolving, writing the first draft of history about the political, social, economic and cultural landmarks on the island of Ireland. View
Ireland Mailing Lists Extensive list of mailing list links. View
1855 Griffiths Valuation, Co. Clare Griffith's Primary Valuation took place throughout Ireland during the middle of the 19th Century and the valuation of Clare was published in 1855. View
1901 Census Of Population Of Co. Clare The Society of Australian Genealogists has pointed out to us that a number of 1901 Census Forms (‘Form A’s) are missing from the LDS films purchased by Clare County Library from the National Archives. View
My Irish Ancestry Post your Irish genealogy family research query on Irish county forums. View
Irish Index A unique source for over 15,000 birth, marriage and death announcements appearing in a leading Irish newspaper during the years 1817-23. View
Irish Death Notice Index This page is an index of 54,622 obituaries of people who were born and/or died in Ireland, or whose deaths were mentioned in Irish newspapers. View
Placename Search The single most important item of information for Irish family history research is a precise place of origin, and the most important tool in identifying Irish placenames is the 1851 General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, parishes and Baronies of Ireland. View
Ellis Island In 1982, President Ronald Reagan asked Lee Iacocca, then Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, to head a private sector effort to raise funds for the restoration and preservation of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation (SOLEIF) was founded. View
Historical Maps Of County Clare The Clare GMaps are based on the Google Map system, allowing Google Maps and satellite views to be overlaid with historical maps of Clare from 1842. View
IrelandGenweb County Clare General resource for records relating to County Clare. View
About New York Emigrant Savings Bank, 1850-83 The Emigrant Savings Bank was established in 1850 by members of the Irish Emigrant Society. The bank ended up serving thousands of Irish immigrants who fled to America following the infamous Potato Famine. View
Bassett's Directory, 1880-81 Bassett's Directory of Limerick City and County and Principal Towns of Clare, Tipperary and Kerry, 1880-1 was compiled and published by William Bassett. This edition contains expanded sections on the main towns in counties Clare, Tipperary and Kerry. The directory contains the names of county and public officials, clergy, professional and business people, tradesmen and craftworkers. The County Clare section of the directory is reproduced here. View
Bassett's Directory, 1875-76 Published in Limerick in 1875, this edition of Bassett's Directory of Limerick City and County and Principal Towns of Clare, Tipperary and Kerry contains the names of members of the clergy, gentry, public officials and trades and business people. The County Clare section, reproduced here, covers the towns of Ennis, Killaloe, Ballina, Bird-Hill and Kilrush. View
Slater's Directory, Co. Clare, 1846 Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1846 is arranged by province and county and its section on County Clare covers the towns of Ennis, Clare (now Clarecastle), Kilrush, Tulla, Killaloe and Kilkee. It had been previously published in 1824 as Pigot's City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory. View
Irish Genealogy Blog Irish genealogy news from Dr. Jane Lyons, the creator of From-Ireland.net. View
County Clare Genealogy Gravestone records, Gravestone photographs, 1901 Census records, 1911 Census records, 1931 Trade Directory records, Birth records, Marriage records, Death records, Lewis' Topographical records, Griffith's Valuation records, and much more. View
1931 Trade Directory Directories set out to record the 'principal inhabitants' of a community, particularly those in trade or the professions. View
Gravestone Photographs Photographs from selected graveyards within Ireland, including those in counties Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Offaly, and Tipperary. View
Lewis' Topographical Dictionary This topographical dictionary comprises of several counties, cities, boroughs, parish and villages - with historical and statistical descriptions - of Ireland. View
Estate Records, Co. Clare Estate records for County Clare. View
Using The IreAtlas Townland Data Base The book was transcribed by a large number of volunteers under a man who we knew as Sean Ruad. View
Facebook's Irish Genealogy Facebook page for Irish Genealogy View
Irish Alliance & The Tenant Right League A good deal of prominence was given in 'The Nation' to the report of an "Aggregate Meeting" held in the Music Hall, Lower Abbey Street, on the 20th November 1849, and called on the requisition of "80 dignitaries and 110 curates of the Catholic Church; 22 members of the regular clergy; 120 magistrates; landed proprietors, corporators, and poor law guardians; 200 members of the learned professions; 700 land-owners,and farmers, and 900 merchants, traders and artizans. View
Fair Towns Of Ireland, 1834 The Fair towns were very important towns and people walked for miles on a fair day to go to sell their produce. Until the Fair Day people would have no money and so once the produce or the animals were sold then the bills would be paid. View
Official Authorities, 1834, Co. Clare Representatives: William Nugent McNamara, Esq. Major in the Clare Regiment of Militia. Father of the Member for Ennis. 2, Percy street, London (England) and Doolen, Ennistymon. View
Irish Estate Records: Clare The following are lists of estate records that exist for Co. Clare. There are a few 'categories' of records, rent rolls or leases are probably the most useful for any family history researcher or maps that include tenants names. View
Emigration & Education Statistics, 1931, Co. Clare Clare a maritime county in the province of Munster. It is bounded on the north by Galway Bay and Galway, and on the east and south by the Shannon, which separates it from Tipperary, Limerick and Kerry, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. View
Books About Co. Clare The following are a list of book titles relating to Co. Clare. The topics are varied: history, heritage, geology, language and some tourist guides. Some of these may be easily obtainable, some are rare and out of print. Some are books and some pamphlets. View
Heads Of Household, Miltown Malbay, 1911 Miltownmalbay : Killard Civil Parish - Barony of Ibricken. Union of Kilrush. This is only a section of Miltownmalbay. Miltownmalbay (Co. Clare) belongs to the Civil Registration District of Kilrush fo. The 1911 Census film references for Miltownmalbay is 55/12.? View
Kilfenora & Killoraght Marriage Records National Library of Ireland film number 2440. Latter Day Saints film number BFA 926065. Register quite faded. Reasonably clear first page. Name abbreviations or nicknames: Mort/Murt = Martin, Pat = Patrick, Michl = Michael, Margt. = Margaret. View
Tulla Gravestone Photographs Photo gallery containing photographs from Tulla graveyard, Co. Clare. View
Bodyke Gravestone Transcriptions Bodyke 1: Brady: Pray for the soul / of / Very Rev. James Brady / Born Tuaim-Greine 189?8 / Ordained for Nebraska 19(?1)7 / Pastor Plainview 1919-1939 / Pastor St. Edward 1939-1969 / Died at Tuaim-Graine 1973. View
Clonlara Gravestone Transcriptions Clonlara 1: Barber: Walker: Johnston: in memory of / Margaret beloved wife of / James Barber / died 20 July 1960 / and her sister / Mrs Jane Walker / died 12 Jan 1971 / also the Johnston family / James sale Barber / died 17 April 1973 / forever with the lord. View
Killernan Gravestone Transcriptions Here lie the remains of /Mr. Michl. Haren late of Mahara who res/pectably & piously closed / his mortal life July 19th 1864 / aged 87 years / erected by his loved wife/ Mary Haren alias Kelly. View