Adoption:
Archives & Other Institutions:
- Cork City & County Archives
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy sites on the Internet
- Donegal - Guide to Genealogy Resources
- Dublin City Archives
- Dublin City Library & Archive
- Galway County Archives
- Galway - Guide to Rural Councils' Archives
- Genealogical Office, Archives (A-O)
- Genealogical Office, Archives (P-Z)
- Guinness Brewery Archives
- Heritage Council
- Irish Archives Resource (Portal website for Irish archives)
- Irish Manuscripts Commission
- Irish Military Archives
- Land Registry and Registry of Deeds
- Limerick City Archives
- National Archives of Ireland
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- Representative Church Body Library
- Valuation Office
- Wexford County Archives
Biography:
Cemeteries:
- Australia - Irish Graves
- Antrim (County) (Approximately 50 burialgrounds in the Ballymena area)
- Belfast City Council Cemeteries
- Clare (county) (transcriptions from 120+ cemeteries)
- Cork (county) - Clonaskilty area
- Cork (county) - Kilcully Cemetery (1931-1974)
- Cork City - St Josephs (1904-1917)
- Cork - Cobh (Queenstown) Cemetery (1879 -1907)
- Cork - Dunbullogue Cemetery (1896 -1988)
- Cork - Rathcooney Cemetery (1896 -1941)
- Cork - Western area
- Discover Everafter (transciptions and photographs, mainly from the north of Ireland)
- Dublin - Glasnevin Cemetery (Dublin's largest RC cemetery)
- Dublin Graveyards Directory
- Dublin - Mount Jerome Cemetery (Dublin's largest Protestant cemetery)
- Dublin - Mount Jerome Cemetery (inscriptions & photographs on IGP Archives)
- Ireland - Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions Ireland (about 20 cemeteries from across Ireland)
- Ireland - Gravestone Photos (cemeteries; six in Tyrone, three in Cork)
- Ireland - Guidance for the Care, Conservation and Recording of Historic Graveyards (by The Heritage Council)
- Ireland - Historic Graves (gravestone inscriptions from around Ireland)
- Ireland - Interment.net (all Ireland gravestone transcriptions)
- Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives (Irish gravestone inscriptions)
- Ireland - Seafarers (Ireland & Britain)
- Kerry (county) Local Authorities - Graveyard Records
- Laois - Graveyard Survey (2011) vol 1
- Laois - Graveyard Survey (2011) vol 2
- Limerick City - Mount St. Lawrence (grave registers 1855-2008)
- Limerick City - Mount St Lawrence (searchable database 1855 - 2001)
- Limerick City - Mount St. Lawrence New Extention (Burial Registers, 1960-2010)
- Limerick City - Mount St Oliver (Burial Register 1960-1998)
- Mayo (county) - headstones in north-east of county
- Monaghan (county) - Carrickmacross Cemetery (RC)
- Waterford (county) gravestone inscriptions
- Waterford (city) St Otteran'as Cemetery (1862-1946)
- Waterford (city & county) Burial Registers
Census & Census Substitutes:
- Ask About Ireland (Free access to Griffith's Valuation & Maps)
- Census Search Forms (database of forms created by PROI from searches in census records for proof of age for pension purposes)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (i. Co. Tipperary)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (ii, Co. Tipperary)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Cos. Donegal, Londondery & Tyrone)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Cos. Limerick & Kerry)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Co. Meath)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Co. Waterford & Cork)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Co. Dublin)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Co. Kildare)
- Civil Survey, 1654-56 (Co. Wexford)
- Cork City Electors (1783)
- Cork - Aldwell's Street Directory (1845)
- Cork - Holy Trinity Parish Valuation List (1831)
- Cork - Kilworth area (1851)
- Cork Street Directories
- Dissenters' Petition of 1775 (PRONI)
- Dublin City Burgess Roll (1908-1910)
- Dublin City Electoral Roll 1939/1940
- Flax Growers List of 1796
- Flax Growers List of 1796 (Cos. L'derry and north Antrim)
- Griffith's Valuation
- Hearth Money Rolls from 1660s (Co. L'derry and north and mid Co. Antrim)
- Irish 1641 Depositions
- Irish 1901 & 1911 Census Database
- Irish 1926 Census (Irish Free State, excluding Northern Ireland)
- Irish Census Statistics (1926-1991)
- Irish Freedolders Data
- Landowners of Ireland in 1876
- Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo & Mayo, 1901 Census
- LImerick City Christian Brothers Schools (1856-1925)
- Limerick City Bedford Row Lying-In Hospital (1868-1971)
- Limerick City Register of Electors (1923)
- Limerick City Register of Electors (1931-1950)
- Limerick City General Valuation Lists (1893-1971)
- Limerick City Regisration of Motor Vehicles (1904-1982)
- Limerick City Register of Cases of Successful Vaccination (1864 – 1912)
- Limerick City Register of Electors (1869-1954)
- Limerick City Register of Freemen (1719-1817)
- Limerick City Rent Accounts (1774-1956)
- Limerick City Union Board of Guardians Minute Books (1842-1922)
- Limerick County Infirmary (1835-1958)
- Limerick County Militia (1797-1846)
- Limerick Motor Car Owners (1912-1914)
- Limerick Trade Directories (1769-1925)
- Pigot's Provincial Directory of Ireland (1824)
- Protestant Householders of 1740 (Ulster)
- Religious Census (1740 & 1766, fragments)
- Religious Census (1766, fragments Co. Antrim & L'derry)
- Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846)
- Thom's Directories (Dublin and Ireland, various years)
- Tipperary town & county (various transcribed sources)
- Tithe Applotment Books (1820s/1830s)
- Ulster Covenant of 1912 (PRONI)
- Ulster Freeholders Records (PRONI)
- Ulster Street Directories (PRONI)
- Ulster Towns Directory (1910)
Church Bodies, Records, Archives & Societies:
- Anglican Record Project (Church of Ireland)
- Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland
- Catholicireland.net
- Catholic Presbyteries database
- Catholic Parish Register List (NLI)
- Church of Ireland
- Church of Ireland Gazette (editions for 1913)
- Church of Ireland Parish Register List (Records held at RCB)
- Church of Ireland Parish Registers (Complete listing prodced by RCB)
- Church of Ireland Parish Register List & Locations (detailed; created 2014)
- Cork Presbyterian/Unitarian Congregational records (1717-1900)
- Irish Confraternities
- Irish Church Records
- Irish Family History Foundation
- IrishGenealogy.ie
- Irish Jewish Roots
- Methodist Church in Ireland
- Methodist Historical Society of Ireland
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland
- Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland
- Quakers in Limerick
- Representative Church Body Library (Church of Ireland)
Church Records: Parishes
- Co. Clare: Ennis parish (Roman Catholic)
Civil (vital record) Registration (and similar):
- FreeBMD (England & Wales)
- General Register Office, Ireland
- General Register Office, Northern Ireland
- Guide to Irish Civil Registration I (CIGO, 2000)
- Guide to Irish Civil Registration II (by Paddy Waldron)
- Guide to Irish Civil Registration III (by Claire Santry)
- Ireland - Statistical Reports 1864-2000
- Irish Civil Registration Indexes Online: 1845-2013 (free site)
- Irish Civil Registration Indexes (LDS), 1845-1958 (free site)
- Irish Civil Registration Indexes (Ancestry.com), 1845-1958 (pay site)
- Map of Ireland's Superintendent Registrar's Districts in 1898
- Superintendent Registrar's Districts (aka Poor Law Unions)
- US - Social Secuirity Death Index (SSDI)
- Walker's Hibernian Magazine - Irish Marriages: 1771-1812 (i)
- Walker's Hibernian Magazine - Irish Marriages: 1771-1812 (ii)
- Waterford County Civil Death Registers (1864-1901)
Commercial Organisations:
Emigration:
Famine:
- Irish Famine Memorial (Sidney, Australia)
Genealogical & Family History Societies:
- Irish Genealogical Research Society (established 1936)
- Irish Family History Society (established 1984)
- North of Ireland Family History Society (established 1979)
- See also constituent members of CIGO
Genealogical Publishers:
Genealogy & History Blogs:
- An Extract of Reflection - (A blog with extracts of records, mainly Northern Ireland)
- Irish Genealogy News - Claire Santry (The most comprehensive Irish genealogy news blog)
- Irish Lives Remembered
- Irish Roots Cafe
- Small-Leaved Shamrock
- The Irish Times - John Grenham
- The Wild Geese - History of the Irish Worldwide
Genealogy Source Websites:
- 1718 Migration - Ulster-Scots to America
- Coroners Reports to 1920 (PRONI)
- Cultural Heritage Ireland
- Dublin Heritage
- Ellis Island (immigration into New York)
- Emerald Ancestors
- Failte Romhat (miscellaneous sources)
- Family Search (LDS, Labs)
- Family Search (LDS, Beta)
- Findmypast.ie
- From Ireland
- Richard J. Hayes's Manuscript Sources
- Ireland Genealogy Project (also on Rootsweb)
- Irish Books online (free)
- Irish Coastguards
- Irish Genealogy Toolkit
- IrishGenealogy.com
- Irish War Memorials
- Landed Estates in Connacht and Munster
- Laois (Queen's) County Sources (various)
- Learn About Archives (a guide to archives in Ireland)
- Lewis' Topographical Dictionary (1837)
- LImerick Family Histories
- Limerick Sources at City Library
- Mayo East, general sources
- Missing Ancestors (mainly source about migrants)
- Ordnance Survey Field Names Books - Co. Galway
- Poor Law Unions
- Registry of Deeds Index Project
- Skibbereen, Co. Cork
- Sources (National Library of Ireland)
- Townland Index
- Wills database (PRONI)
Government & its Agencies:
- Cork City Freemen (1710-1841)
- Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers (1818-1822)
- Co. Dublin - Balbriggan Town Council Minutes (1860-2009)
- Garda Síochána Historical Society
- Poor Law Union records (Co. Cork)
- Royal Irish Constabulary
- Workhouses (UK & Ireland)
- Workhouse - Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
Heritage Centres:
Land Records:
- Donegal - Register of Deeds for county comp. c1768
- Griffith's Valuation
- Registry of Deeds Transcription Project
- Ulster Street Directories (PRONI)
Libraries:
- Clare County Library
- Dublin City Library & Archive
- Genealogical Office, Archives (A-O)
- Genealogical Office, Archives (P-Z)
- Linenhall Library, Belfast
- National Library of Ireland
- Waterford County Library
Maps:
- Map of Ireland's Superintendent Registrar's Districts in 1898
- Place Names Branch - Department of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht
- Place Names Branch - Dept. A,H,&G, Misc Irish Maps
Military Sources:
- Bureau of Military History (Irish Free State)
- Great War - Ballymena area, Co. Antrim
- In Flanders' Fields - Ireland's Memorial Records (1914-1918)
- Irish Defence Forces (Personnel & Pension Records)
- Irish Military Archives
- Irish Regiments of the British Army (information)
- Irish War Memorials
Miscellaneous Sources:
- Cork County & City (archival sources)
- Derry City Corporation Books, 1673-1901 (PRONI)
- Reaching Out - Irish Ancestry site
- Reaching Out - North Kerry
- Towards Policies for Ireland's Heritage - The Provision of Genealogical Services in Ireland (Heritage Council, 2000)
Newspapers:
- Belfast News-Letter (1737-1800)
- Clare Champion (index to biographical notices, 1935-1985)
- Irish Newspapers (held by British Library) online (pay site)
- Irish Newspaper Archive (pay site)
- Limerick Chronicle, (1850-1907, obits, deaths, inquests etc.)
- The Irish Times (online archive)
- Newspapers held at National Library of Ireland
- Nick Reddan's Irish Newspaper Index (Mainly Limerick, Dublin & Belfast)
- Pilot (Boston, Mass., 'Missing Friends' column 1831-1921)
Photography:
- Kennelly Archive (Co. Kerry)
Placenames:
- Placenames Database of Ireland (a guide to)
- Townland Index (1871)
Probate Records:
- British Army Soldiers - Mainly England & Wales (1850-1986)
- Great War - Soldier's Wills (1914-1922)
- Limerick Diocese, Calendar of Wills 1615-1800
- Next of Kin and Heirs at Law (1904)
- Prerogative Wills Index: 1536-1810
- PRONI - Pre-1858 Wills & Administrations
- CIGO's Guide to Calendars of Wills & Administrations post-1858
- Will & Administration Calendars (and Will Books) for Armagh, Belfast & Londonderry Registries (PRONI)
- Wills abstracts, Registry of Deeds, 1708-1745
- Wills abstracts, Registry of Deeds, 1746-1785
- Wills abstracts, Registry of Deeds, 1786-1832
Professional Bodies:
- Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (Accreditation body)
- Society of Genealogists Northern Ireland (Membership organisation)
Professions & Occupations:
- Irish Mariners
- King's Inns admission papers (1607-1867, Barristers)
UK '1939' National Register:
- UK '1939 National Register' (England & Wales)
- UK '1939 National Register' (Scotland)
- UK '1939 National Register' (Northern Ireland)
Workhouses
- Workhouses (UK & Ireland)