Kildare

Related Links

Irish Genealogy	This Irish Government supported, official web site, dedicated to helping you in your search for records of family history for past generations.	View
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
Interment.net: Cemeteries Of Ireland	A database of cemetery transcriptions indexed by county.	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
Irish Sacred Sites And Religious Places	Nearly every culture in human history has sought to honor the divine, the mysterious, the supernatural, or the extraordinary in some way.	View
Gravestone Records	From Ireland.net has currently amassed 50,000 gravestone entries and continues to collect and add entries to the database on a daily basis.	View
Irish Graveyard Place	An Irish Graveyard blog by Jane Lyons of gravestone transcriptions and thousands of photographs, too.	View
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
Roman Catholic Officers, 1693	A list of such Roman Catholic Officers as have been taken up by virtue of the late General Order, dated the 17th day of December, 1692.	View
Landowners In Ireland, 1876	Name of every land owner in Ireland 1876 who had at least one acre of land.	View
Surname Registry	Entries archives by county name.	View
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
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
From Ireland	Free resource for Irish ancestry, genealogy and family history information. Tens of thousands of free available records online.	View
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
Kildare Archaeological Society	Founded in 1891 the Societyâ€™s stated aim was: "the promotion of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and objects of interest in the county and surrounding districts." The Society today carries on the work of its founders and is active in the protection and preservation of County Kildareâ€™s rich archaeological heritage.	View
Fugitive Warfare 1798 In North Kildare	Free online book describing the events of the 1798 Rebellion in North Kildare. Extensive resource.	View
Kildare Community Network	The Kildare Community Network is a non-profit company set up to manage and develop the www.kildare.ie website for the benefit of communities in County Kildare. It seeks to maximise the use of ICT in increasing democratic participation, and to provide ICT services free to those who may be disadvantaged or socially excluded.	View
Historic Graves	A community focused grass roots heritage project which digitally records and publishes historic graveyard surveys and related multimedia stories.	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
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
Curragh Military Cemetery, Ireland	In memory of Driver Henry Young died 20th May 1877, Gunner Wm Mathews died 4th Novr 1879, Shoeing Smith Henry Geo Markham died 13th March 1880, Gunner John Greene died 20th April 1880, Gunner Nicholas De Courcy died 3rd Sept 1880. Erected by their comrades Depot Battery, 3rd Brigade, Royal Artillery.	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
Athy Heritage Centre	Athy is a designated Heritage Town of Ireland and the Athy Heritage Centre-Museum focuses on the history of Athy and the surrounding area.	View
The Local Studies Department, Kildare Co. Library	The Local Studies Department forms an integral part of the County Library service and ultimately, in partnership with Genealogy and Archives, is an integral part of the Riverbank Cultural Campus. The Local Studies Collection has been extended and is located in the History and Family Research Centre. It is the focal point for local history research in County Kildare for historians and enthusiasts alike.	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
Action South Kildare	ASK was formed in 1993 as a response to the issues of long term unemployment and social disadvantage in the South Kildare area.	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 â‚¬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
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
Lullymore Heritage Park	Lullymore Heritage & Discovery Park is a family day visitor attraction located on a mineral island in the Bog of Allen, just 4 miles outside Rathangan, Kildare.	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
1839 Irish Maps	These are the Irish Maps of Samuel Lewis around 1839.	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
Kildare Community Network	The Kildare Community Network is a non-profit company set up to manage and develop the www.kildare.ie website for the benefit of communities in County Kildare.	View
The Curragh	The Curragh is perhaps the oldest and most extensive tract of semi-natural grassland in Europe, having existed as such for over two thousand years.	View
LibraryIreland.com's Topographical Dictionary	Compromising several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate markets and post towns, parishes and villages.	View
The County Kildare Ireland GenWeb page	General resource for all things Co. Kildare.	View
Ancestors On Board	Passenger lists with over 24 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide.	View
The County Kildare Federation Of Local History Groups	The County Kildare Federation of Local History Groups was formed in 1999 in order to optimise the resources of local groups and foster communications, exchange ideas, and generally raise the awareness of local history groups within the county as well as improve accessibility and representation on relevant county committees and associations.	View
Curragh Local History, Co. Kildare	Webpage for Curragh of County Kildare.	View
Kinsale History Society	If you've ever wondered about the activities of the Kinsale History Society then we hope that our website will answer some of your questions.	View
Kildare Online Electronic History Journal	An Electronic Journal for the publication of material relating to the history, archaeology and heritage of Co. Kildare.	View
Heritage Of County Kildare	These pages will give you a flavour of the rich heritage of County Kildare.	View
Millicent Historical Society, Co. Kildare	Millicent Historical Society has been established to raise funds for local conservation projects and to promote awareness and knowledge of history, art and local heritage.	View
Seamus Cullen's Personal Web Site	Featuring local history from North Kildare.	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
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
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
Irish Genealogy Blog	Irish genealogy news from Dr. Jane Lyons, the creator of From-Ireland.net.	View
County Kildare 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
The Archaeological & Historical Society, Co. Kildare	Vol. III, No. 1, 1912.	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
Members, Kildare Archaeological Society, 1895	Proceedings of the County Kildare Archealogical Society.	View
Stanley & Stacem Surnames, Athy	Stanley and Stacem surnames from Athy, Co. Kildare.	View
Extracts Allen Parish, Naas, Co. Kildare	Sent to Sharon (SLC) 1st of December 2001 from Mary Melia Secretary of Parochial House and posted to the Y-IRL group, the Shamrock Rootsweb mail list and the Kildare-L rootsweb list.	View
Official Authorities, 1834, Co. Kildare	Representatives: Edward Ruthven, Esq., Son of the Member for Dublin City. 15, College street, London and Ballyfair House, Kilcullen Richard More O’Ferrall, Esq., 56, Jermyn street, London England, and Ballyna, Clonard.	View
Emigration & Education Statistics, 1931, Co. Kildare	Kildare an inland county in the province of Leinster, is bounded on the north by county Meath, on the east by counties Dublin and Wicklow, on the south by county Carlow and on the west by Offaly (King’s county) and county Westmeath. Its greatest length from north to south is 42 miles and its greatest breadth from east to west is 26 miles.	View
Members, Kildare Archaeological Society, 1895	List of honorary officers and members, corrected to January 24, 1895.	View
R. C. Maynooth Baptismal Index, 1857	Birth records for Maynooth in 1857.	View
Trade Directory, 1831, Co. Kildare	The Grocer or Publican may have had a field or more behind the building, cows were milked and the milk was sold to those who would bring in their 'Jimmy' cans. Most business men/people had more than one occupation. The Publican as described above was also the Grocer and if he sold milk then he could also be described as a Dairy man. As you go through this list of names you will see that many.	View
Monasterevan Grave Records	Gravestone records for Monasterevan Graveyard, Co. Kildare.	View
Donnelly And Cooper	Come all you true bred Irishmen I hope you will draw near, / And likewise pay attention to those few lines I have here, / It is as true a story a ever you did here, / Of how Donnelly fought Cooper on the Curragh of Kildare.	View
Fuck Yeah, Ireland	A photography blog featuring beautiful photographs taken by different people of various locations in Ireland.	View
Celbridge Graveyard Photographs, Co. Kildare	This page features 21 gravestone photographs from Celbridge Graveyard, Co. Kildare. These photographs were taken by Dr. Jane Lyons and are exclusive to From-Ireland.net.	View
Terms Used: “Graveyard”, “Cemetery” or “Memorial Park”?	A little at a time: The two words which tend to get mis-used are those of Cemetery and Graveyard so here are a few definitions for you:	View
Accidents and Loss of Life, Co. Laois and Co. Kildare, 1845	We regret to say that a young man accidentally lost his life on the Railway works at Sallins, Co. Kildare on Wednesday evening last.	View
Kildare Collections & Research Services	Kildare Local Studies Department has a collection of books, periodicals, maps, photographs and newspapers relating to all aspects of County Kildare.	View
County Kildare Ireland GenWeb	General resource for all things County Kildare.	View
County Kildare Ireland	County Kildare takes its name from St. Brigid’s monastery beneath an oak tree; Cill Dara the church of the oak tree.	View
Kildare Genealogy Archives	General resource page for all things County Kildare.	View
The Great Rush of Birds on the Night of March 29th-30th, 1911	THE GREAT RUSH OF BIRDS ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 29TH-30TH, AS OBSERVED IN IRELAND. By R. M. Barrington, M.A. Published in the Irish Naturalist Vol. XX, June 1911 On the night of March 29th, a great rush of birds was observed in several towns of S. E. Ireland, and also at some light-stations long the coast from Balbriggan to the Old Head of Kinsale.	View
Athy Cemeteries Committee Project	The following records, transcriptions and maps were compiled by the Athy Cemeteries Committee and given to From-Ireland, with permission to publish, by Michael Donovan, secretary of the Athy Cemeteries Committee.	View
Kilberry COI Gravestone Transcriptions, Co. Kildare	The following Kilberry COI gravestone transcriptions were compiled by the Athy Cemeteries Committee and given to From-Ireland, with permission to publish, by Michael Donovan, secretary of the Athy Cemeteries Committee.	View
Cloney Gravestone Transcriptions, Co. Kildare	The following Cloney gravestone transcriptions were compiled by the Athy Cemeteries Committee and given to From-Ireland, with permission to publish, by Michael Donovan, secretary of the Athy Cemeteries Committee.	View
Ambrosetown Graveyard Records, Co. Wexford	This page features free records for Ambrosetown Graveyard, Co. Wexford.	View
Tolligory Gravestone Transcriptions, Co. Kildare	The following Tolligory gravestone transcriptions were compiled by the Athy Cemeteries Committee and given to From-Ireland, with permission to publish, by Michael Donovan, secretary of the Athy Cemeteries Committee.	View
Churchtown Gravestone Transcriptions, Co. Kildare	The following Churchtown gravestone transcriptions were compiled by the Athy Cemeteries Committee and given to From-Ireland, with permission to publish, by Michael Donovan, secretary of the Athy Cemeteries Committee.	View
Ardreigh Gravestone Transcriptions, Co. Kildare	The following Ardreigh gravestone transcriptions were compiled by the Athy Cemeteries Committee and given to From-Ireland, with permission to publish, by Michael Donovan, secretary of the Athy Cemeteries Committee.	View
Research Help: Where Do Your Family Come From in Ireland?	People ask me all the time where in Ireland their surname may be found. A lot of these people, their ancestor/s left Ireland pre the ‘main’ famine time so they never think to look in records that we have which are for a time later than that famine period, and they should, they should particularly look at the distribution in the Griffiths Primary Valuation as per the examples I give below.	View
St. David’s, Naas Graveyard Records, Co. Kildare	This page features free records for St. David’s, Naas Graveyard, Co. Kildare, transcribed by Brian McCabe and Dr. Jane Lyons.	View
Video Presentation at Beyond the Grave Conference	Dr. Jane Lyons speaks on Surveys and Transcriptions of the Graveyards of the Dioceses of Ossory. Published by Limerick Museum Archives.	View
Kilberry Old Graveyard Records, Co. Kildare	This page features free records for Kilberry Old Graveyard, Co. Kildare, compiled and transcribed by Dr. Jane Lyons and exclusive to From-Ireland.net.	View
Eighteenth-Century Funerals in Ireland	There are, possibly, few of us who, making an early and painful acquaintance with Poetry, did not have to memorise these lines by the Rev. Charles Wolfe, descriptive of the burial of Sir John Moore after the battle of Corunna on 13th January, 1809 :	View
Eighteenth-Century Midwifery in Dublin, Ireland	How did the Dublin citizen of the 18th century made his or her debut in this city of ours?	View
Volunteers North and South of Ireland 100 Years Ago	Mrs Blake, nee Foley Captain. Maggie Relihan sec, Asdee Ballylongford. Mrs W Finucane, nee Coughlin, treasurer, Larha, Asdee. Mrs Moran nee Deenihan, Mary A Russel. Mrs J Walsh. Annie O Connor.	View
Ireland and The Olympics	Dan Ahearne won world Championship in Hop Step and Jump July 4th 1909 at Celtic Park. Edward Barrett of Rahela, Ballyduff Edward Barrett was born in Rahela, Ballyduff in 1882. father Thomas and mother Bridget Whelan.	View
Irish Death Notices	Webpage containing death notices within Ireland.	View
Some Irish Superstitions	Superstition is generally regarded as the offspring of the religious instinct in man misled by ignorance. Few other human weakness’ have been so unsparingly and so unanimously denounced, and yet, it survives: the savage carries his charm, and the modern motorist or the regiment on the battlefield has its mascot. Above or behind probably a million doors in England the horseshoe will be found nailed up, and there is a general desire to avoid association with the unlucky number thirteen. Neither of these were Irish superstitions, but we are borrowing them, for to the anglicised Irish mind even superstition is respectable when it happens to be English. Irish superstitions on the other hand are rapidly dying out, not because they are superstitious, but because they are only Irish, and have no place in English social life.	View
The Townland: How To Use In Genealogy	How do we deal with finding out that there are four townlands of the same name? How do we find out exactly which townland our family came from? How do we work out which records are of importance to us, actually refer to our family and not another family of the same surname? They are really the questions that have to be asked and dealt with.	View
Megalithic Monuments of Ireland.com	This website is the result of on-going love and passion for Archaeology as well as our devotion to the wonderment of the many Megalithic monuments throughout Ireland. All counties of Ireland are covered, some more extensively than others, and include photos, information & co-ordinates of sites. Continuously being up-dated with some fantastic photos of these extraordinary monuments, which have stood proudly today as a durable testament to their ingenious builders.	View
The Townland: How To Use In Genealogy	How do we deal with finding out that there are four townlands of the same name? How do we find out exactly which townland our family came from? How do we work out which records are of importance to us, actually refer to our family and not another family of the same surname? They are really the questions that have to be asked and dealt with.	View
Women at War: Ireland's Forgotten Heroines of the Era	Tens of thousands of women across the island of Ireland threw themselves enthusiastically into the war effort, yet very little has been written about them.	View