In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here are some websites that focus on Irish genealogy resarch.

www.ifhf.org – Irish Family History Forum group which meets in Bethpage
www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl – Information by county and many useful links and information
www.johngrenham.com –Can search by surname search, place name search, ancestor search
www.irishgenealogy.ie ($) – Location search, birth record search and gravestone index
www.ancestryireland.com – Ulster Historical Foundation, some free and some pay databases
http://troyirish.org – Troy NY Irish Genealogy Society
www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/General-Register-Office.aspx – General Register Office for the Republic of Ireland
www.nidirect.gov.uk/node/526 – General Register Office for Northern Ireland
www.nationalarchives.ie – National Archives of Ireland
www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/ordering-life-event-certificates – Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
www.tiara.ie – Irish Ancestral Research Association
www.irelandgenweb.com – Information by county – part of WorldGen Web
www.northernirelandgenweb.org – Northern Ireland information by county – part of WorldGen Web
www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx – National Library of Ireland
www.prai.ie – Land Registry and Registry of Deeds
http://familyhistory.ie – Genealogical Society of Ireland
www.rootsireland.ie – Irish Family History Foundation
www.emeraldancestors.com ($) – Databases with marriage, birth, death and census records for Northern Ireland

Happy ancestor hunting!