Townlands in Ireland
A contemporary list and information of all the townlands in Ireland
Geohive Ordinance Survey Map
An ordinance survey map created 1829-1842. It was the first ever large scale survey of the entire country. Acclaimed for their accuracy, these maps are regarded by cartographers as amongst the finest ever produced. Particularly relevent for genealogy or those interested in social history. This presentation is available by selecting Map 6 inch in the Data Catalogue.
A contemporary list and information of all the townlands in Ireland
Geohive Ordinance Survey Map
An ordinance survey map created 1829-1842. It was the first ever large scale survey of the entire country. Acclaimed for their accuracy, these maps are regarded by cartographers as amongst the finest ever produced. Particularly relevent for genealogy or those interested in social history. This presentation is available by selecting Map 6 inch in the Data Catalogue.
Griffith's Valuation 1847-1863
The full name of this resource is the Primary Valuation of Ireland and it was carried out by Richard Griffith, a dublin-born geologist. Between 1847 and 1863, he and his band of Valuers travelled around the country studying one county at a time. The results of his survey were published between 1848 and 1864. It was arranged by county, barony, Poor Law Union, civil parish and townland, and includes an assessment of the value for every property within those boundaries. The name of each head of household is also recorded.
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The Griffith's Valuation Index
Note, there are many duplicate entries in the index of the same image (with multiple name spelling and different dates) it is best to compare each index item with each actual record to determine accuracy
Search the Index: www.askaboutireland.ie
Search the Index: www.askaboutireland.ie
Search the Images: www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie
Ireland Tithe and Applotment Books, 1823-37
These records are a vital source of genealogical research for the pre-Famine period. These were compiled to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural holdings over one acre should pay the Church of Ireland (the main Protestant church and the church established by the State until its dis-establishment in 1871). This is only for agricultural land, urban areas were not included. The heads of household are provided in these records.
Search the Tithe Applotment Books here
Search the Tithe Applotment Books here
Parish Registers provide the earliest direct source of family information. Unlike many other records, parish registers provide evidence of direct links between one generation and the next (via baptismal registers) and one family and another (via marriage registers). They are also, for the majority of Irish people who lived during the 18th and 19th centuries, the only record of their existence. The NLI microfilmed registers from the majority of Catholic parishes in Ireland. Digital images of these microfilms are now freely available on this website.
Search The Index churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie, Use this index to find the baptism and marriage record you wish to view, then search for the image of the record at the NLI (above link).
County Clare Library
1841, 1851 Census Search Forms by Surname
1841, 1851 Census Search Forms by Surname
National Library of Ireland
Information on how to search for your family in Ireland
Genuki
Library Ireland - Genealogy
Information on how to search for your family in Ireland
Genuki
Library Ireland - Genealogy
The Archaeological and History Society, Co. Kerry
Irish Journals: An Introduction
Kerry Archaeological Society on Facebook
A History of Ireland, by Mike Cronin
Irish Journals: An Introduction
Kerry Archaeological Society on Facebook
A History of Ireland, by Mike Cronin
This book is well written, concise and easy to understand. I enjoyed reading it very much.
Collections of journals, magazines, and government publications. Visual collections including prints, drawings, and photographs. Digitized glass plate images from early photographic collections.
I use this site often for early photographs if Ireland and the people who lived there
Realities of Irish Life by W. Steuart Trench, 1808-1872
An Irish landlord tells of real-life events and observations in his district. See pages 97 - 110 for the first-hand account of the Potato Rot in the first year of August 1845 to May 1846. See pages 98 for the account of life in Kenmare, Co. Kerry in 1847
Views of The Famine
Contemporary newspaper articles and illustrations from the Great Hunger in Ireland, 1845-1852
Contemporary newspaper articles and illustrations from the Great Hunger in Ireland, 1845-1852
Kenmare Poor Law Union was formally declared on 21 Sept 1841 and covered and area of 423 square miles
Written in 1937 this is a handwritten journal of collected memories from the children who lived in Kenmare during the Great Hunger Famine of 1840 - Story Collection by Maureen O'Shea
Childhood: Studies in the History of Children in 18th Century Ireland
by Gabrielle M Ashford - Dept. of History, Dublin City University, 2012
by Gabrielle M Ashford - Dept. of History, Dublin City University, 2012
Library Ireland
Irish history, genealogy and culture
Irish history, genealogy and culture
Irish Times Article - Workhouses and Immigration
The Kerry workhouse girls who became Austrialian pioneers
The Earl Grey scheme saw 4,000 destitute Irish girls, including 117 from Kerry, transported to Australia from 1848 - 1850
The Kerry workhouse girls who became Austrialian pioneers
The Earl Grey scheme saw 4,000 destitute Irish girls, including 117 from Kerry, transported to Australia from 1848 - 1850
Irish Ancestors by John Grehnam
Provides links to online transcripts and fragments county-by-county. Indepth information not available anywhere else. I purchase a monthly subscription as needed.
Genuki
UK and Ireland Genealogy
Provides links to online transcripts and fragments county-by-county. Indepth information not available anywhere else. I purchase a monthly subscription as needed.
Genuki
UK and Ireland Genealogy
Library Ireland
History, Genealogy, Culture
History, Genealogy, Culture
National Archives of Ireland
Location - Bishop Street, Dublin Ireland.
These records can only be viewed in person in their Reading Room.
Planning your visit in advance is required. A readers ticket must be submitted and approved etc.
Click here for information on how to obtain a ticket
Co. Kerry Workhouse Minutes
Held in Tralee and overseen by the archivist - Michael Lynch
Held in Tralee and overseen by the archivist - Michael Lynch
List of Emigrant Ships from the Port of Tralee Co. Kerry 1828-1867
The index is available at the above link. These records are held at the Kerry Museum in Tralee, Co. Kerry.
by BYU Family Historians David Ouimette and David Rencher
Rootsweb
New York Ports of Entry - Ellis Island
Search the Passenger Lists
Search the Passenger Lists
History of Immigration to the United States 1851-1900
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Genealogy Branches bibliography of books and online records
This is William Hancock's account of his immigration aboard a passenger sailing ship from England to New York in 1860. Available to read online at the Library of Congress website
A book written by an Irish emigrant, John O'Hanlon for his fellow country men in hopes of providing useful advice as they embark upon their immigtation to the United States. It was published in Boston in 1851
Information about the many pamphlets created in the hope of aiding the bewildered and defrauded newcomers in the US as well as the Irish planning their immigration. The material was widely circulated in the British Isles. The advice given gives a glimpse into the daily lives of the new Irish emigrants as they tried to find their place in the United States
