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About the Irish Portal
- Portal for people who are interested in Irish genealogy
- The aim of this portal is to make this a very useful tool for research, and a place to meet other people tracing their Irish ancestors
What can you do here?
- Ask questions.
- Collaborate on your research.
- Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.
- Problem finding an ancestors , open a discussion here and we all try to help
- Start your own related project.
- Add your profiles.
- Start or take part in a discussion.
What else?
In Ireland two historic events govern the availability of historical records.
First of all the partition of Ireland in 1921 when six of the nine counties of Ulster remained within the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State was created. The administration centre for Northern Ireland became Belfast while Dublin continued as the administrative centre for the other 26 counties.
Secondly in 1922 there was a fire in the Public Records Office of Ireland in Dublin. This fire destroyed much of the source material relating to the centralized government administration of Ireland before partition.
For this reason the 1901 and 1911 census records have been made available to the general public.They are held in the National Archives in Dublin and also online 1901 & 1911 Irish census records online
Ireland can be a very difficult country to do research, when looking for your Irish roots take note that just as in England, full records did not become available till 1864. Most record registration before this time was only a church registration and often it was up to the priest what information was supplied on the records.
Saying this there is a wealth of information out there , you just have to know where to find it and helping one and another is very important in this.
Feel free to start your own discussion or use one that has already been started for you. To join click on the grey box with the name ACTIONS in the top right corner of this page and and select JOIN PROJECT
General information:
Irish project on Geni
- Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada
- Irish military diaspora to Spain
- Flight of the Wild Geese An amazing new project on Geni, one to keep an eye on or join as a collaborator
- RMS Titanic There were around 120 Irish passengers on the Titanic most of whom were emigrants hoping for a better life in America. Most of them did not make it.
- Dublin city Electoral lists 1939-1940 Searchable database
- The 1926 census of Ireland has been approved for early release by the Government
- Saint Patrick's day 17 March 2012
- The Irish records on the Familysearch site have been moved, they can now be found under the link for the British Isles
- The Irish genealogy site is constantly updating their free church records there are more records available.
Irish Clans
- Clan Ó hEalaighthe Domhnach Mór Healy Clan from Donoughmore,Cork.
- O'Neill
- O'Rourke
- O'Sullivan
- Kelly
- O'Donovan
- O'Donoghue
- and more to follow
Research sources
Research help outside Geni
200 volunteers available to help you search, a free site
Current discussions
- Discrepancies between dates
- Irish emigration to the U.S.A
- A bit of genealogy fun
- Tips tracing Irish ancestors
- Old Irish naming patterns
- Ideas and suggestions wanted
- Saint Patricks Day 2012
- Roll call- Irish families researched by Geni members
Index of related projects
- Irish families researched by Geni users
- Titanic- the Addergoole fourteen
- Huguenots of Ireland
- RMS Titanic
- Cemetery inscriptions explained
- Irish graveyards
- Governing Ireland
- Presidents of Ireland
- Heads of government of Ireland
- The history of the Irish Republican Army
- Ports of emigration in Ireland
- Old Irish occupations
- Irish in Jamaica
- The Irish emigrant
- The irish emigrant to Canada
- The Irish emigrant in the United Kingdom
- Irish Famine victims
- Revel in the legendary Irish Spirit
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland
- Palantines project
- Lord mayors of Ireland
- Irish slaves
- Tracing Irish ancestors -Where to start?
- Irish profiles on Geni per county or country
- Clans of Ireland
- Irish music & musicians
- Irish Slang dictionary
- Ireland-s-Contribution-to-Literature
- The Irish Poor Law of 1838 & workhouses
- Ireland brickwall project
- The History of Irish gangs
- Surname connections to the Irish counties
- Irish Americans
- The Peerage of Ireland
- The Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Irish Rebels
Ireland surname projects on Geni
Irish master-profiles
External links
- Irish Nationalism
- Military history of Ireland
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Irish On The Wall
- Irish WW1 casualties