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This guide explores the role of DNA testing in Irish genealogical research. Through practical tips, learn how to use these tests to trace your ancestral lineage and bridge the present to the past.
For anyone tracing their Irish ancestry, picking the right type of DNA test – autosomal, Y-DNA or mtDNA – and the right testing company is crucial for uncovering recent connections and ancient origins.
Why would a crozier and a bell have been depicted on a medieval grave-slab at Killinaboy church site in north Clare? What was the inspiration behind the carvings of these precious early medieval relics?
Early on Sunday morning, 23 January 1909, the RMS Republic was rammed amidships in dense fog off the coast of Nantucket Island by the SS Florida. We explore the Irish connections with this sea disaster.
This week’s word is whisht – a Hiberno-English term used throughout Ireland as an interjection or imperative verb to request silence or command someone to stop making noise and keep quiet.
In the medieval period, an ecclesiastical site was founded on Church Island, the largest island on Lough Gill, Co. Sligo. The island preserves the ruins of a late medieval church, a cemetery and a reliquary structure.
St Brigid, one of Ireland’s most revered saints known for her charity and peacekeeping, has become the subject of debate in recent years, with some questioning her very existence.
This genealogy guide explains how to access Irish civil records of births, marriages and deaths, including those for Northern Ireland, both online and in person.
From 1888–1939, the Journals of the Irish Memorials Association recorded gravestone inscriptions. Using the journals to research your Irish ancestry is made easier through the guidance of “Mems Dead”.
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