Irish Genealogy |
This Irish Government supported, official web site, dedicated to helping you in your search for records of family history for past generations. |
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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. |
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American Prisoners Released By The British In 1776 |
T3699 The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Sourced from the Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. List of American prisoners in Canada released on parole by the British in 1776. |
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Interment.net: Cemeteries Of Ireland |
A database of cemetery transcriptions indexed by county.
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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. |
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Irish Graveyard Place |
An Irish Graveyard blog by Jane Lyons of gravestone transcriptions and thousands of photographs, too. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Margaret Grogan's Ireland Page |
Contains information relating to certifications, church records, Co. Cork, Co. Longford, maps, and names. |
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Landowners In Ireland, 1876 |
Name of every land owner in Ireland 1876 who had at least one acre of land. |
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Surname Registry |
Entries archives by county name. |
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Eircom Telephone Directory |
Ireland's telephone directory. |
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Ancestry.co.uk Ireland Message Board |
Read and post messages with other genealogy researchers |
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Griffith's Valuation Search At My Irish Ancestry.com |
Free membership and search over 1,000,000 million records. |
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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. |
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Richard Griffith's Primary Valuation Of Ireland 1848-64 |
Records online for all counties. |
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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 |
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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. |
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IreAtlas Townlad Database, 1851 |
Based on the 1851 Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland. |
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From Ireland |
Free resource for Irish ancestry, genealogy and family history information. Tens of thousands of free available records online. |
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Castles Of Ireland |
Early stone fortifications, castles, towers, and strong-houses, separated and arranged by county name. |
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Megalithic Ireland |
This web site features many megalithic, early christian and fortified sites we have visited around Ireland. |
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Longford Ancestry |
An amateur genealogist with Longford ancestry of his own hosts a unique genealogical database of the families and vital records of Co. Longford. |
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Historic Graves |
A community focused grass roots heritage project which digitally records and publishes historic graveyard surveys and related multimedia stories. |
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Penal Laws Of Ireland |
Laws in Ireland for the suppression of popery. |
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Online Census Records For Ireland |
Categorised by county. |
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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)] |
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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. |
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Ireland Roots |
General resource. |
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Edgeworthstown, Longford Famine Victims 1847 |
This is a list of people from the parish who died during 1847 at the height of the Famine in Ireland. It has not been edited. |
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Edgeworthstown, Longford: Gravestone Transcriptions |
Including St. John's and Aughafin cemetery. |
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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. |
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Internment |
Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Log Ainm |
Placenames Database of Ireland, developed by Fiontar (DCU) and The Placenames Branch (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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LibraryIreland.com's Topographical Dictionary |
Compromising several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate markets and post towns, parishes and villages. |
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Ancestors On Board |
Passenger lists with over 24 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide. |
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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. |
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Ireland Mailing Lists |
Extensive list of mailing list links. |
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Maps, Co. Longford |
Maps are absolutely essential to understanding the history of families in Co. Longford. |
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Co. Longford Families |
If you have tracked your family to Co. Longford in central Ireland, this site may give you some ways to further your research. |
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Pender's Co. Longford Census, 1659 |
Results for six baronies. |
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Newtownbond Church, Killoe, Longford |
This site provides some information about a part of the history of a townland in the parish of Killoe which is situated in County Longford, Ireland. |
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King-Harman Tenants, 1855 |
Rental of the estates of the Hon. L.H. King Harman in the counties of Longford an Westmeath for, 1855. |
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Ballymahon, Poor Law Union |
Griffith's Primary Valuation of Co. Longford took place in 1854. In the books the tax collectors showed changes as people came and went by scratching through the names and adding new names above the previous occupier or landholder. |
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Church Records, Co. Longford |
Including marrage, baptism and death records for Killoe, Clonbroney, Granard, Ardagh, Moydow and Kilcommock. |
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Royal Irish Constabulary Men From Longford |
LDS Film No 856057 Service Numbers 0001 - 4000. Covering Years 1816-40. |
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Newtownforbes Baptisms, Co. Longford |
The following are some baptisms extracted from the Catholic parish records at Newtownforbes, the chief seat of the Earl of Granard. |
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Longford Town Directory, 1894 |
Directory of Towns: access or photocopies are available from The National Library in Dublin for 1846, 56, 70, 81 and 94 and other dates for Longford and other counties. |
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1824 Pigot Directory, Granard Town |
1824 Pigot Directory for Granard Town of Longford. |
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Dublin Prerogative Marriage Licenses |
These are protestant records. |
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My Irish Ancestry |
Post your Irish genealogy family research query on Irish county forums. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Ardagh Diocese |
This webpage provides you with some basic information about the diocese, its history, diocesan services, Mass times in the diocese and contact information for each parish. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Irish Genealogy Blog |
Irish genealogy news from Dr. Jane Lyons, the creator of From-Ireland.net. |
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County Longford 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. |
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1931 Trade Directory |
Directories set out to record the 'principal inhabitants' of a community, particularly those in trade or the professions. |
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Lewis' Topographical Dictionary |
This topographical dictionary comprises of several counties, cities, boroughs, parish and villages - with historical and statistical descriptions - of Ireland. |
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Will Abstracts, Ardagh Diocese |
Will Abstracts for the Ardagh Dicoese of County Longford. |
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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. |
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Facebook's Irish Genealogy |
Facebook page for Irish Genealogy |
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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. |
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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. |
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Saint Patrick Churchyard, Ardagh, Co. Longford |
This Church of Ireland burial site is situated south-east of Longford town off the N4. |
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Drumlish Old Cemetery, Co. Longford |
The route to Drumlish is signposted. Turn right at the crossroads before you enter Drumlish Village. |
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Official Authorities, 1834, Co. Longford |
Representatives: Honorable george John (Forbes), Viscount Forbes, eldest son of the Earl of Granard, a Major-General in the army. Castle Forbes, Co. Longford. Anthony Lefroy, Esq., son of the Member for Dublin University and Son-in-Law of Viscount Lorton, 84, Eaton Square, London, England. |
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Longford Library |
Would you like to find out more information about County Longford - its history and culture, its famous people and places, things to do and places to visit when in Longford? At Longford County Libraries, Archives and Heritage Services we have a wide range of information and sources on Co. Longford past and present. |
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Historical Notes, Granard, 1886 |
In a previous portion of this work, I have stated that there is no place in the County Longford possesses so much interest for the ecclesiastical student as the neighbourhood of Granard. The very same thing could be said of its historical importance. In fact, truly speaking, in the old pagan days of our country, and up to 1315, Granard was the only capital of the County Longford, if we are to understand by that the ancient kingdom of Annaly. |
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Emigration & Education Statistics, 1931, Co. Longford |
Longford is an inland county in the province of Leinster. It is bounded on the North by counties Leitrim and Cavan, on the east and south by Westmeath and on the west by County Roscommon. |
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Longford People, Ardagh Will Index |
Close to five hundred records available. |
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Trade Directory, 1931, Co. Longford |
150 records available. |
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Taghshinny Churchyard Memorials |
Here lyeth the remains of John Payne late of Derry-Cullim who lived Respected & died sincerely Regretd August 1st 1812 Agd 68 yr also the Remains of his Daughter Jane Jackson alis Payne depd this life April 8th 1812 Agd 31 yr to perpetuate their memory This monument was Erected by his son Alexander Payne. |
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Longford Genealogy Archive |
General resource for all things County Longford. |
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Fuck Yeah, Ireland |
A photography blog featuring beautiful photographs taken by different people of various locations in Ireland. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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. |
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Longford Records |
General resource for all things County Longford. |
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St. Patrick's Cemetery Records, Ardagh, Co. Longford |
Saint Patrick's , Churchyard, Church of, Ireland, Ardagh, County Longford,
Ireland. This Church of Ireland burial site is situated southeast of Longford town off
the N. 4. |
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Drumlish Old Cemetery, Co. Longford |
The route to Drumlish is signposted. Turn right at the crossroads before you
enter Drumlish Village. |
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1659 Census of Longford |
Barony: ARDAGH / Irish: 97 / English: 971 / Gentleman: Richard Archibold (Glynn), Darby Toole (Lisdrinagh), Captain J. / Edgeworth (Cranalagh) / Principal Families: Cline, Cargy, Cormack, MacCormack, Cowley, M'Connell, Farrell, Kiernan, Kenny, M'Gloughlin, Leavy, Murtagh, Mulligan, Moore, Reilly. |
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Longford Directory Records |
Especially relating to the 1824 Pigot Directory of Longford Town. |
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Baptism Records, Killian and Kilronan, Ballygar, Co. Galway, 1804 |
This is one of those ‘interesting’ Roman Catholic parish records in that the actual name on the microfilm of records is different to the one in the reference book I have. |
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Longford Emigration Records |
General resource for Longford related emigration records. |
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Back from the Dead December 5, 1914 |
A tremendous surprise was caused in Longford on Thursday night when Pat Durkin
who was reported as having died in the trenches and who was actually prayed for
at all Masses here last Sunday, stepped from the evening train when it arrived
in Longford. |
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Workhouse Demolished April 3, 1909 |
Longford Leader April 3, 1909 - One of the most disastrous fires ever known in Longford took place on last Monday morning, and resulted in the total destruction of the main building of
the Longford workhouse. |
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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. |
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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 : |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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Irish Death Notices |
Webpage containing death notices within Ireland. |
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Historical Notes and Stories of the Ballinamuck, Co. Longford |
The word “Ballinamuck” is derived from “Beal-aith-na-muic,” which means, “The Mouth of the Ford of the Pig” and the pig here referred to is no other than the celebrated black pig which rooted up the Danes’ Cast in Armagh, and came as far as Ballinamuck, making her famous trench, until she arrived at the Ford of Lough Gaun, where a man knocked her on the head with a blow of a stone and put an end to her rooting. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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County Longford IrelandGenWeb Project |
General resource for all things Longford. |
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County Longford Genealogy Links |
Further external links relating to County Longford. |
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Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796, Co. Longford |
Free flax growers records. |
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Griffiths Records, Columbkille, County Longford |
Free Griffiths Valuation of Ireland Records for Columbkille, County Longford. |
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Letter from John Feeney in Longford |
Letter from John Feeney in Longford, Ireland to his brother Francis Feeney in Pennsylvania, America... |
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The Genealogy of County Longford, Ireland |
General resource for all things County Longford. |
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Church Records, Co. Longford |
Co. Longford Church Records
Longford Baptismal/Birth Records
Longford Marriage Records
Some Newtownforbes Baptisms
List of Available Church of Ireland Registers
Assorted EUSTACE Marriages
Assorted EUSTACE/EUSTICE Baptisms |
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Land and Property Records, Co. Longford |
Including:
1870s Longford Landowners
Griffith's Cancelled Books for Ballymahon Union 1861
Tenants of Hon. L.H. King Harman
Assorted Tithe Applotments - Killoe Parish
Griffith's Primary Valuation - 1854
Lanesborough 1780 |
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Our World Newspapers (An Irish Immigrant Newspaper) |
CUSHMAN, Julia A., wife of Thomas J. Cushman, died Feb. 5 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, aged 32 years. Funeral from the residence of her sister, Mrs. H. B. Reynolds, 46 Merriman St, and at the Cathedral. Burial at Palmyra.
DALEY, Mrs. Bridget, of 200 West Davidson St., Syracuse, died on March 4 at the age of 64. She was the mother of Mrs. Thomas Lynch, Mrs. Patrick Ryan, Mrs. J. Leary, Mrs. J. M. Deagan, Mary, Nora, James and Officer Michael Daley. A sister of Mrs. John Moore, of Ireland and John Conroy of Syracuse. Funeral from St. John's Cathedral, with Burial at St. Agnes Cemetery. |
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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. |
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