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Ulster Historical Foundation rolls out new expert-led online Irish genealogy course

Free access to newly digitized Hussey-Walsh collection featuring thousands of references to Irish Catholics

RootsIreland grows its Kerry resources with over 13,000 baptismal records from Castlegregory

Discover your roots in Co. Monaghan with over 15,000 newly added records on RootsIreland

How Esri’s ArcGIS technology is revolutionizing graveyard mapping in Galway

Tracing the Irish ancestry of Tim Walz, running mate to Kamala Harris

RootsIreland adds 13,000 North Mayo baptism and marriage records, extending coverage to 1923

How Irish is Kamala Harris? US vice president’s Irish roots explained

A guide to Co. Clare’s historical school registers, roll books and other school records

102nd anniversary of Public Record Office fire marked with release of thousands of historical records

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The Fleming sisters at New Court, Skibbereen.

A rare glimpse of how gentry women in Co. Cork lived and ran their households

175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Dr Jeremiah G. O’Sullivan, Royal Army Medical Corps

Cork doctor’s reflections on service in North Africa and Italy during World War 2

The Dublin Players with Mayor Wagner.

The American tours of the Dublin Players, 1951–58

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Mass grave discovered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, could contain remains of up to 120 Irish railroad workers.

Mass grave in Pennsylvania could contain remains of over 100 Irish railroad workers

Finds from Sligo’s Green Fort excavation.

Excavation of Sligo’s Green Fort yields over 1,000 finds from 17th-century bastioned military fort

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Drumanagh, Co. Dublin.

First intact Roman pot found in Ireland at Iron Age site during excavation on Dublin headland

Old Dublin street sign for Exchequer Street.

CLÓSCAPE project seeks public’s help to document Dublin’s vanishing historic street signs

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Choosing the right DNA test for Irish family history research

Choosing the right DNA test for Irish family history research

Irish genealogy news round-up September 2025

Irish genealogy news round-up, September 2025

1926 Census of Ireland form.

Expert guide to Irish census records available for free download ahead of 1926 census release

Irish roots of Billie Eilish

Tracing Billie Eilish’s Irish roots back to West Cork

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Mass paths.

Recording Ireland’s mass paths through the voices of Irish emigrants in New York’s Tri-State area

Nollaig na mBan

Nollaig na mBan: the traditions and customs associated with Women’s Christmas

Delivering Christmas trees in Waterford city in 1929.

Irish Christmas customs, traditions and beliefs

Fox in Irish folklore.

The fox in Irish folklore

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Irish genealogy news round-up September 2025

Irish genealogy news round-up, September 2025

Mass grave discovered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, could contain remains of up to 120 Irish railroad workers.

Mass grave in Pennsylvania could contain remains of over 100 Irish railroad workers

175,000 new historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.

175,000 historical records released online on 103rd anniversary of Public Record Office fire

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025.

Irish genealogy news round-up, June 2025

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