Peter O’Connor was one of Ireland’s greatest athletes of the early twentieth century holding the record for the Long Jump and winning Olympi

If you are struggling to find an ancestor in Irish Civil Registration records, it may be that they were registered with the forename of &quo

The difference between Church and Civil parishes in Irish Genealogy explained.

The formative years of Bridget Foley read like a movie script, as she played a daring role in the lead up & during the Irish 1916 Rising.

Detailed Irish Census information does not exist for the years prior to 1901 but what does the summary detail that was documented tell us?

Revolution was rife in Ireland between 1918 and 1923, and particularly in the rebel county, Cork, where in the first quarter of 1921, approx

Daniel Corkery was born on Valentine’s Day 1878 in Gardiner’s Hill, on the northside of Cork City. The family home was just a stone’s throw

Sunday’s Well is ‘Tobar Ri and Domhnaigh, in Irish, which translates as the Well of the King of Sunday, in this post I will relate how the a

The National Archives of Ireland not only provides incredible 1901 and 1911 but the repository at Bishop St contains documents which help u

Throughout Ireland’s history, the country has experienced an exodus of its people disproportionate to its size. This blog discusses this ph

Many Irish people of a certain vintage will remember reading ‘The First Confession’ by Frank O’Connor, including the grandmother, who consum

Diana's maternal ancestors had their roots in Ireland, read more in my blog commemorating the twentieth anniversary of her death.

John Mary Lynch was born on this day 100 years ago, 15 August 1917. Much has been written about the man, but what of his ancestors?

The four pillars of Irish family history are: Census of Ireland 1901 and 1911 Civil Registration (Births, Deaths and Marriages) Church...