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Web Sites for Genealogists - An Australian gateway site for tracing your family history by Cora Num
See also Ireland County Sites
 
New book available - Irish Research on the Internet

 Archives and Libraries
National Archives of Ireland offers research and genealogy information. Online resources can be accessed using the Online Finding Aid Databases link on the homepage. Records of interest include the Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845-1847, Probate Offices (searches the Testamentary Index from 1983), Ireland-Australia transportation database and the directory of sources for women's history in Ireland.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland offers information and online guides including a PRONI Guide to Church Records . Online databases include Freeholders' Records, Ulster Covenant, Wills Calendars, Name Search and Street Directory databases. See Databases for details. 

 

National Library of Ireland offers access to online catalogues and databases. Click on the Family History Research link for access to a Family History Getting Started guide that can be downloaded as a PDF file. The online catalogue searches across printed, manuscript, visual and digitised material (including 33,000+ photographic images). Details of Catholic parish registers held. 

Sources: A National Library of Ireland database for Irish research. It contains over 180,000+ catalogue records for Irish manuscripts and for articles in Irish periodicals.

 

National Library of Ireland, Irish Historic Photographs. Over 33,000 historic photographs of Ireland are available online.

Ask about Ireland  project is an initiative of the Irish public libraries, local museums and archives to digitise and online publish original, unusual and unique material from their local studies' collections. Use the Reading Room link to access a vast collection of unique digital books. The collection can be viewed by county or subject. Books can be viewed online (PDF file to your browser).

Library.ie. This alphabetical list of public libraries in Ireland has detailed contact information, links to available websites and online catalogues plus other resources such as blogs, Twitter, Facbook, YouTube, Flickr, RSS feeds and Podcasts. 

Ask about Ireland  - List of Libraries in Ireland with links to available websites.


Irish Archives Resource. This site contains information about archival collections open for public research in Ireland. Its purpose is to aid researchers in finding collections relevant to their studies.

Birth, Death and Marriage Records  
FamilySearch by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This site features free, searchable Historical Record Collections . The record collections for Europe include:
• Ireland Births and Baptisms1620-1881
• Ireland Deaths 1864-1870
• Ireland Marriages 1619-1898
• Irish birth, death and marriages civil registration indexes 1864-1958 and the Irish marriage index 1845-1864 (non Catholic marriages). 

FamilySearch Ireland Church Records Research Article is a great place to start your search. There is also a link to the free online research course on Ireland Church Records. There is also an article and research course for Civil Registration at wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Civil_Registration 

Irish Genealogy. This free site offers access to 2+ million pre 1900 church record transcripts. Currently Church of Ireland records for Dublin City, Kerry and Carlow are available plus Roman Catholic records for Dublin City, the Diocese of Kerry and the Diocese of Cork & Ross. Free digital images of the original records are being placed online as they become available.

Ancestry.com. This commercial site offers access to a growing collection of Irish resources including:
• Catholic Parish Baptisms, 1742-1881
• Catholic Parish Marriages and Banns, 1742-1884
• Catholic Parish Deaths, 1756-1881
• Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
• Marriages index 1771-1812
• Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
• Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
• Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. Subscription options offer access to information or digitised records.

IrishGraveyards offers access to photographs and monumental inscriptions from digitally surveyed graveyards and cemeteries in Ireland.  Most of the records date from the 19th and 20th century.  Search results are in table format with a thumbnail picture of the grave. Click on the thumbnail to view and download the photograph. The surveys are ongoing and new cemeteries will be added to this site as they become available.

Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives.  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. 

Historic Graves. This is a community based project involving surveys of historic graveyards and the gathering of audio, video and textual stories of place and people. Currently most of the material online relates to Ireland.

GenWed Free Marriage Records Database and Directory for Genealogy Research. The Irish records are arranged by province. There are several search options available to search for free online records.

Roots Ireland a commercial site run by the Irish Family History Foundation co-ordinaters of the network of county genealogy centres in Ireland. These genealogy centres’ databases can include parish records, civil registration records, census returns, gravestone inscriptions and Griffith's Land Valuation Index. Over 17 million+ of these records are searchable online. A free name search is available and it costs €5.00 to view a detailed transcript of a record. See Ireland County Sites for details on each county.   

Emerald Ancestors . This paid site offers online access to 1 million+ birth, marriage, death and census record transcripts for the Northern Ireland counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. A free name search is available.

The General Register Office offers information on birth, death and marriage records in the Republic of Ireland plus details on the location of church records (see the About Us tab).

The Ireland GenWeb Project has an ongoing project to index the Irish Birth Indexes and currently 1864 (the year civil registration commenced) is available for online searching.   

General Register Office Northern Ireland with information for the online ordering of births, death and marriage certificates for Northern Ireland.  

Genfindit ordering service for Irish birth, death or marriage photocopies or certificates (1864-1997). Protestant marriages available from 1845.

History from Headstones lists inscriptions from 800+ Northern Ireland graveyards. The databases cover counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. There is a free surname search but there is a fee to view inscriptions.

Waterford County Council Library Service. Enter Death Registers into the Search box for online access to County Waterford Death Registers (1864-1901) . A search returns a full transcript from the original register. 

Ireland Old News, Irish Death Notice Index to 54,600+ obituaries of people who were born and/or died in Ireland, or whose deaths were mentioned in Irish newspapers. Includes 25,000+ entries from The Cork Examiner. Also check out the county newspaper collections at Ireland Old News.

IrishTimes.com, Irish Ancestors site has Roman Catholic Parish Maps Online. There is a map of Ireland, 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. Also use the Click here link for a list of placenames in the parish.

Census Records

National Archives of Ireland, Census Records for Ireland 1901 and 1911. The household returns and ancillary records have been digitised and are available online for free. This fully searchable site offers a basic name, age and place search. Other search options available include religion, occupation, relationship to head of family, literacy status, county or country of origin, Irish language proficiency, specified illnesses, and child survival information. There is also a browse by county option available.

Clare County Library, Census Search Forms 1841 & 1851. When Ireland introduced the Old Age Pension in 1908 many applicants had no birth certificate as Civil Registration did not begin until 1864. So the 1841 and 1851 census returns were used to prove age. This database lists applicant's surname, birthdate/age, address, father's name, mother's maiden name, siblings plus census and other details.

Ireland Genealogy. When Ireland introduced the Old Age Pension in 1908 many applicants had no birth certificate as Civil Registration did not begin until 1864. So the 1841 and 1851 census returns were used to prove age. This commercial site has a database to the Old Age Pension Claim Forms held in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. Information from similar records (Census Search Forms), held by the National Archives in Dublin are being progressively added to this database. Searches are free but you do need to pay (£2 each) to view records found.

Databases
Ancestry.com. This commercial site offers access to a growing collection of Irish resources including gazeteers, topographical dictionaries, landed gentry publications and more. Use the Search tab and choose Card catalogue then Filter by Location - Ireland to see what is available.  This is a list of some of the resources available: 
• 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland)
• County Cork Ireland, A Collection of 1851 Census Records by Josephine Masterson
• Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847
• Griffiths Land Valuation index 1848-1876
• Guide to copies and abstracts of Irish wills by Wallace Clare
• Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810
• Index to Register of Deeds 1667
• Indexes to Irish Wills [1536-1857] by W. P. W. Phillimore and G Thrift
• Ireland 1766 religious census
• Ireland, Casualties of World War I, 1914-1918
• Irish flax growers list 1796
• Irish emigrants (USA/Canada) (various databases)
• Irish gravestone Inscriptions: A guide to sources in Ulster edited by William O’Kane & Eoin Kerr
• Irish records extraction database
• Irish records index 1500-1920
• Knocktemple Old Cemetery Inscriptions, County Cavan, Ireland
• Louth, Ireland, extracted parish records
• Quaker Records, Dublin, Abstracts of Wills
• Register of wills and inventories of the Diocese of Dublin in the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton, 1457-1483
• The registers of the Church of St. Michan, Dublin, Parish Register Society of Dublin by A Thom & Co, 1907.
• The register of the parish of S. Peter and S. Kevin, Dublin 1669-1761, Parish Register Society of Dublin by W Pollard & Co, 1911.
• The registers of St. John the Evangelist, Dublin: 1619 to 1699, Parish Register Society of Dublin by A Thom & Co, 1906.
• Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of wills
• Return of Owners of Land in Ireland 1876
• Royal Irish Constabulary index 1816-1921
• Tithe Applotment Books, 1824-1837

• Griffith’s Valuation, 1848-1864 

• Lawrence Collection of photographs, 1870-1910

• Ordnance Survey, 1824-1846
• Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847
• Catholic Parish Baptisms, 1742-1881 
• Catholic Parish Marriages and Banns, 1742-1884 
• Catholic Parish Deaths, 1756-1881
• Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911

• Marriages index 1771-1812
• Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 
• Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958 
• Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. Subscription options offer access to information or digitised records.

Findmypast.ie. This new commercial site is a collaboration between findmypast and Eneclann, a Dublin research and publishing company. It includes land and estate records, Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, Irish prison records, directories, military and rebellion records, migration records plus will records dating back to 13th century. There are two subscription options or PayAsYouGo.


WorldVitalRecords.com is a commercial site that aims to provide affordable access to genealogy material. Irish records available cover prisoners (1780-1867); gazetteers and topographical dictionaries; will indexes and abstracts; obituaries; parish registers, migration records (Canada/USA); census records and published family histories. Click on Places tab and select Browse by country - Ireland from the drop down box to see what is available on this site.   

Registry of Deeds Index Project aims to index all of the names that appear in the memorial books held at the Registry of Deeds, Dublin. This repository holds wills, land transactions and other deeds from 1709. Currently there are over 80,000+ index records from nearly 10,000 memorials of deeds online.  Updated

DIPPAM – Documenting Ireland: Parliament, People and Migration. An online virtual archive of documents and sources relating to the history of Ireland and its migration experience from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. There are three searchable databases:
• EPPI the Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland 1800-1922.
• IED Irish Emigration Database, containing runs of emigrant letters, newspaper extracts and other emigration-related materials.
• VMR Voices of Migration and Return – a collection of 90 interviews with 20th century Ulster migrants.

Trinity College Dublin Library, 1641 Depositions. A fully searchable digital edition of the 1641 Depositions which includes transcripts and images of all 8,000 depositions,  examinations and associated materials in which Protestant men and women of all classes told of their experiences following the outbreak of the rebellion by the Catholic Irish in October, 1641.

Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives. This site offers access to a valuable collection of material that is not readily available elsewhere, such as transcriptions and photographs of headstones. The site is arranged by county and within each county by cemetery records, church records, census, census substitutes, court, directories, headstones, land, military & constabulary, newspaper, miscellaneous, obituaries, photos, vital records and wills. There is a site search engine to search across all the records. Search for names, places or keywords. New material is being added as it becomes available.

Ancestry Ireland - Ulster Historical Foundation. This commercial site offers online databases with 2 million+ records, genealogy and history books, and personal ancestral research. Some free searches and pay-per-view services are available.   

Irish Family Research. This paid site offers access to online databases including directories and the Memorials of the Dead Database c1500s-1910 with many of the transcribed headstones no longer in existence.

Irish Origins index and digital images of the Griffith's Valuation (1847-1864) records and maps. Other records include Irish Wills index (1484-1858), Dublin City census 1851 and 1901, Diocese of Elphin census 1749, tithe defaulters 1831, militia attestations index (1872-1915), William Smith O'Brien petition (1848-1849), British and Irish  passenger lists 1890, transatlantic migration 1858-1870, Irish 'strays' in England & Wales census (1841 & 1871) plus access to photos, maps and books. There is a free name and place search. A fee applies to access the records.    

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland online indexes and images include: 
• Freeholders' Records which list those who were entitled to vote at elections or those who actually did vote. Over 5,500 digitised images from pre-1840 registers and poll books are linked to the name index.
• The Ulster Covenant was signed in September 1912 by over 500,000 people who opposed Home Rule for Ireland. These signatures have been digitised and indexed and are fully searchable.
• Will Calendars provides a fully searchable index to the will calendar entries for the district probate registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry. The will calendar entry is returned with the search. The database currently covers 1858-1919 and 1922-1943. Part of 1921 has been added, entries for 1920-1921 to follow in the near future. Digitised images of entries from the copy will books 1858-1900 are online.
• Name Search – This search facility currently includes an index to pre-1858 wills from various PRONI collections and a selection of diocesan will indexes; the surviving fragments of the 1740 and the 1766 religious census returns; 1775 dissenters petitions and pre-1920 coroners' inquest papers.       
• Street Directories - Thirty directories (1819-1900) have been scanned. The search facility enables users to find key words in a section of a directory, in a particular directory or in any directories.

Ireland-Australia Transportation Database (1791-1868) is an online index to a series of records held by the National Archives of Ireland. In 1988 the Archives presented Australia with a set of these records, on 105 reels of microfilm, as Ireland's Bicentennial gift to Australia. This set of records is held by the National Library of Australia, State Library New South Wales, Society of Australian Genealogists and the Kiama Family History Centre. Note: The Ireland-Australia transportation database is currently available to search as .csv files pending the completion of a more accessible solution. Updated

The Mayberry Homepage by Peter Mayberry. This site features an Irish Convicts to NSW (1791-1849) database which provides full details from the convict indents held by State Records New South Wales. There is also information on Irish rebel convicts and more.

Act of Union Virtual Library is a unique collection of pamphlets, newspapers, parliamentary papers and manuscript material contemporary with the 1801 Act of Union between Ireland and Britain. The site is searchable by keyword and digital copies of the original documents are available.

National Archives and Records Administration. Scroll down to Most Requested then click on Immigration Records and then scroll down to Famine Irish Passenger Records. These list over 604,596 persons who arrived in New York during the Irish Famine (1846-1851) and the ship of arrival.

General Information
Irish Heritage & Genealogy by John Grenham. This site has a very extensive list of Genealogy Links arranged by County records (click on the map to change county), Family sites (arranged alphabetically by surname with links to 100s of sites), Societies, Libraries, Surname variants (with a search box to enter a surname that will return a list of variants) and Passenger lists (arranged by ship's name, year, origin and destination). A must visit site.

GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. This extensive gateway site has an alphabetical list of sites relating to all aspects of Irish research. A must to visit.

National Musuem of Australia (Canberra) Irish Family History site offers: Family history basics - 10 tips to get you started; Resources - Gateway to Irish family history sites; Irish Australian history - A timeline of key events; How did they live? - What were their lives like?; Irish convicts - Explore this intriguing minority plus a surname lucky dip where you can try a quick surname search.    

Irish Genealogy Toolkit. This great site is designed to help you discover your Irish Heritage. It offers a vast array of relevant advice, help and information plus much more. It also details the very latest information on genealogical resources in Ireland.

From Ireland: Irish Genealogy and Family History. This site by Dr Jane Lyons has a wealth of information, links to records and access to record transcripts.

RootsWeb Mailing Lists for Ireland (95). A great way to find others with similar research interests.

GeneaBloggers has 1,800+ genealogy and family history blogs listed. You can use this site to search for family surnames or keywords across all the blogs listed. Also do a Blogs by Type search for Ireland to see what is available.

Irish Genealogy News by Claire Santry. This excellent blog is a free online guide to Irish family history research and is designed to keep you up to date with the latest information on genealogical resources in Ireland.

Irish Family History . This searchable blog site is a good way to stay in touch with what is new. It offers genealogy comments, tips, news and reviews.   

Family History Ireland genealogy blog by author and genealogist Darren McGettigan. The accompanying web site details his books and research services offered.

Irish Family Ancestry. This site offers professional research services but also has a lot of information about Irish records and how to use them.

FamilySearch Ireland Wiki is a great place to get information. The Beginner’s Corner covers:
• How can I find my Irish ancestor?
• Research guidance
• Ireland research guide
This Wiki has a wealth of Irish information, and links, for all levels of researchers. Topics covered include: archives and libraries; biography; cemeteries; census; church directories; church history; church records; civil registration; court records; directories; emigration and immigration; gazetteers; genealogy; heraldry; history (includes a timeline); land and property; languages; maps; military records; names personal; naturalization and citizenship; newspapers; nobility; occupations; periodicals; probate records; schools; societies and taxation.

Irish Famine Memorial, Sydney was inspired by the arrival in Australia of over 4,000 single young women, most of whom were orphans. They arrived under a special emigration scheme (Earl Grey Scheme) designed to resettle destitute girls from the workhouses of Ireland during the Great Famine. This site also commemorates all who left their homes in Ireland seeking a new life in Australia. Online Resources include the Famine Orphan Girl database, a Ships database which includes shipping lists for the 20 ships that brought orphan girls to Australia 1848-1850. There is also a list of the 400+ names on the monument. 

Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association. This site has wealth of information on Ireland in the Great War (1914-1918). About 200,000 Irish people served in the Allied forces in the Great War and over 35,000 of those died on the battlefields.

Royal Munster Fusiliers Association with details about the Association, plus a detailed history section, archives and links. 

Irish War Memorials. This site includes photographs of each memorial, the text of all inscriptions and site location details. The online database can be surname searched for individuals.

The CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) site contains information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. The main sections of this extensive collection include: Background information on the conflict and politics; Databases, bibliographies, biographies; Key events of the conflict; Key issues of the conflict; An introduction to theoretical explanations of the conflict; Victims, Survivors and Commemoration and PRONI Records on CAIN.

Jo Mitchell's homepage features an Irish Churches Project where researchers are able to view pictures of the churches attended by their ancestors. There are hundreds of photographs arranged by denomination and then by diocese. Most of the photographs have been donated by fellow researchers.

Moving Here provides free online access to resources which record and illustrate the migration of the Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian communities to England over the past two centuries.

Clann Chaomhαnach - Origin & Early history of the Kavanagh/Cavanaugh Family. This site is a great example of an Irish clan site. There is lots of interesting information and articles.

Maps, Places and Surnames
See also Counties Clare, Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Sligo
Placenames Database of Ireland. This wonderful resource offers three ways to find placenames: search for them individually; browse the interactive map or browse by county and then filter by various criteria such as baronies, civil parishes, townlands or topographical features plus many more. The Browse by county search is a great way to search for those elusive place names from shipping records or certificates.

The IreAtlas Townland Database offers searches by townland, county barony, parish or poor law union. This long established site is still a great place to locate Irish place names.

Irish Ancestors Placename Search of 65,000+ entries from 1851 General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland. Free searches include a list of the placenames in the civil parish, adjoining parishes list, most common surnames 1855 list and a summary of sources for the parish. A fee is required to access the source details plus other site features.

Ask About Ireland - Griffiths Valuation. The Family Name Search returns occupier names, placename, county, parish, details, access to the original page, maps (both 1850s Griffiths map and 2000s modern Google map and townplan if applicable. The Place Name Search returns the placename, county, barony, parish, townland plus options to view a list of occupants (plus access to digital image of the original valuation) and access to maps. 

Ordnance Survey Ireland, National Mapping Agency. The historic map archive offers online access to the Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland, surveyed between 1829 and 1842. These maps have been acclaimed for their accuracy and are highly regarded by cartographers. Maps can be searched and viewed online but cannot be downloaded or printed. There is an option to purchase maps online with A4 historic maps delivered electronically as PDF files and larger maps posted. $ Currently there is free access to the following series of maps. Use this link for access http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer
• 6 inch mapping series (1:10,560) colour 1837-1842
• 6 inch mapping series (1:10,560) greyscale 1837-1842
• 25 inch mapping series (1:2,500) greyscale 1888-1913
These maps can be viewed along with a variety of contemporary maps.
This site also has an online PDF version of Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.

The National Archives (UK) Early Irish maps from State Papers c.1558- c.1610. There are 60+ maps depicting plantations, fortifications and townships. You can search and view a description of the maps. Copies are available from the DocumentsOnline service for £3.50 each.

Ireland's History in Maps by Dennis Walsh.

Landed Estates Database. This searchable online database of all Landed Estates in Connacht and Munster is maintained by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway.  This resource offers information about the estates and their owners from 1700s to 1920s and provides extensive sources for further information. It covers more than 4,500 properties and details 2,700 families. 

Online Names is a searchable database of surnames compiled from public submissions. It is also possible to add surnames being researched to this site.

Online Newspapers, Journals and Books
The National Library of Australia eResources page offers free home access to 90+ subscription databases. This free service is available to anyone residing in Australia who has a National Library card. You can apply for a library card online from this site. The card will be mailed to you within 5-10 working days. Then you use the number on your library card and surname to login. Then click on the Licenced resources to access the databases.
Free home access – Some of what you can get
• Bibliography of British and Irish History - from 55BC to the present
• Dublin Castle Records 1798-1926
• 19th Century British Library Newspapers. Irish titles include:
       • Belfast News-Letter 1828-1900
       • Freeman's Journal 1800-1802
       • Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser 1807-1900
• JSTOR a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly material (See below for a list of Irish titles)

• Irish Newspaper Archives - 26 titles -1763 to the present. Titles available include:
• Anglo-Celt (Cavan and surrounding counties - Monaghan, Leitrim, Meath, Westmeath, Fermanagh, Louth and Longford, 1846-2011)
• City Tribune (Galway, 1984-2011)
• Connacht Sentinel (Galway, 1927-2011)
• Connacht Tribune (Galway, 1909-2011)
• Connaught Telegraph (Mayo + surrounding counties, 1975-2011)
• Donegal News (1980-2011)
• Fermanagh Herald (2011)
• Finns Leinster Journal (Kilkenny, 1771-1828)
• Freeman's Journal (National, 1763-1924)
• Gaelic Life (Ulster, 2011)
• Irish Farmers Journal (National, 1957-1998)
• Irish Independent (National, 1905-2011)
• Irish Press (National, 1931-1995)
• Kerryman (Kerry, 1950-2011)
• Kildare Observer (1880-1935)
• Leitrim Observer (1904-2007)
• Meath Chronicle (Meath, Westmeath and Cavan, 1897-2011)
• Munster Express (Waterford, 1908-2011)
• The Nation (National, 1842-1897)
• The Nenagh Guardian (North Tipperary, 1838-2011)
• Southern Star (Cork, 1892-2011)
• Sunday Independent (National, 1906-2011)
• Strabane Chronicle (Tyrone, 2011)
• Tuam Herald (Galway, 1837-2000)
• Tyrone Herald (2011)
• Westmeath Examiner (1882-2011) 

JSTOR is a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly material in the social sciences and humanities and the sciences. The Ireland Studies collection includes the following titles:
All Ireland Review 1900-1902; The Anti-Union 1798-1799; "Before I Forget…": Journal of the Poyntzpass and District Local History Society 1987-2003; The Belfast Magazine and Literary Journal 1825; The Belfast Monthly Magazine 1808-1814; Books Ireland 1976-2006; The Cambro-Briton 1819-1822; The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies 1975-2008; The Catholic Layman 1852-1858; The Celtic Review 1904-1916; Clogher Record 1953-2007; Comhar 1942-2006; The Crane Bag 1977-1985; The Dublin Penny Journal 1832-1836; Eolas: The Journal of the American Society of Irish Medieval Studies 2006-2007; Ιriu 1904-2006; Field Day Review 2005-2008; Fortnight 1970-2007; The Furrow 1950-2006; Gadelica: A Journal of Modern Irish Studies 1912-1913; The Irish Church Quarterly 1908-1917; Irish Historical Studies 1938-2004; The Irish Monthly 1873-1954; The Irish Penny Journal 1840-1841; The Irish Review  1986-2006; The Irish Review (Dublin) 1911-1914; Journal of Irish Studies 2001-2006; The Harp 1985-2000; The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 1890-2004; The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland 1870-1889; The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland 1868-1869; The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1856-1867; Proceedings and Transactions of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1854-1855; Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society 1850-1853; Kerry Archaeological Magazine 1908-1918; The Linen Hall Review 1984-1995; The National Magazine 1830-1831; The Dublin Literary Gazette 1830; New Hibernia Review/Iris Ιireannach Nua 1997-2005; Nordic Irish Studies 2002-2006; The Past: The Organ of the Uν Cinsealaigh Historical Society 1920-2007; Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 1981-2004; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature 1902-2005; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy  1889-1901; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Polite Literature and Antiquities 1879; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Science 1870-1884; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy  1836-1866; Radharc 2000-2004; Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society 1954-2005; Theatre Ireland 1982-1993 and The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 1787-1906.

Gazettes - This sites offers access to the official newspapers of the United Kingdom government, the Edinburgh Gazette, the London Gazette and the Belfast Gazette,  These gazettes offers access to insolvency data, bankruptcy, public and legal notices plus honours and awards (for government, business or individuals). 

ProQuest Historical Newspapers includes searchable full text, page and article images of:
•  The Irish Times (1859-2007) and The Weekly Irish Times (1876 - 1958)
If you live in New South Wales you can access this collection for free from the State Library of New South Wales. All you have to do is Register as a Client with the State Library of New South Wales. Check what remote access libraries in your state have on offer.

Nick Reddan's Newspaper Abstracts with 14,300+ abstracts from various Irish newspapers (1750-1840) sorted by selected family names. Papers include the Freeman's Journal, Dublin Weekly Journal, Hoey's Dublin Mercury, Pue's Occurrences, Belfast Newsletter and Limerick newspapers.

Ask about Ireland  project is an initiative of the Irish public libraries, local museums and archives to digitise and online publish original, unusual and unique material from their local studies' collections. Use the Reading Room link to access a vast collection of unique digital books. The collection can be viewed by county or subject. Books can be viewed online (PDF file to your browser).

Library Ireland is a free online resource of books and articles on Irish history, genealogy, and culture. The transcripts of a wide range of journal articles, old books, including directories, are available online with full text searching. You can browse the categories which include genealogy, Irish names, history, social history, folklore, music, people and places.    

British History Online is a digital library of core printed primary and secondary medieval and modern history sources for the British Isles. There is no specific section for Ireland but this site has a lot of Irish material. Use the site search box to locate material. A search for Ireland currently returns 18,500+ entries.

Wills
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Will Calendars provides a fully searchable index to the will calendar entries for the district probate registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry. The will calendar entry is returned with the search. The database currently covers 1858-1919 and 1922-1943. Part of 1921 has been added, entries for 1920-1921 to follow in the near future. Digitised images of entries from the copy will books 1858-1900 are online. Also the Name Search database includes an index to pre-1858 wills from various PRONI collections and a selection of diocesan will indexes.

Ancestry.com. This commercial site offers access to a growing collection of Irish resources. Use the Search tab and choose Card catalogue then Filter by Collection - Convict, Criminal, Land & Wills then filter the returns by Location - Ireland to see what is available. Resources include: 
• A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish wills by Wallace Clare
• Indexes to Irish Wills [1536-1857] by W. P. W. Phillimore and G Thrift
• Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of Wills, Volume 1 17808-1745 by P Beryl Eustance
• Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810 by Sir Arthur Vicars
• Quaker Records, Dublin, Abstracts of Wills by P Beryl Eustance & Olive C Goodbody 
• Register of wills and inventories of the Diocese of Dublin in the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton, 1457-1483 by Henry F Berry
The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. Subscription options offer access to information or digitised records.

National Archives of Ireland Testamentary Index from 1983 . Use the  Online Finding Aid Databases link on the homepage to access Probate Offices  which offers an online search of the Testamentary Index from 1983. A search returns National Archives reference number, name, probate reference, grant type (intestate/probate), date issued and date of death.  

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