Irish Genealogy and Family History – Full Article Archive
The Following is a full listing of Irish Genealogy Articles and Podcast Episodes (and a lot more!) listed by the year they were published on A Letter from Ireland:
2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013
2020- February 11th - Do You Have Irish Famine Orphans in Your Family Tree?
- February 3rd - Remembering St. Brigid of Ireland.
- January 29th - Letter from Ireland Magazine January/February 2020
- January 29th - Irish Church Records: Are You Looking In The Correct Place?
- December 23rd - Our Irish Christmas Traditions – What are Yours?
- December 17th - An Irishman and the 99th Regiment of Foot.
- December 10th - Looking for County Donegal Ancestry
- December 5th - Using a Simple Irish Ancestry Timeline
- November 18th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (November/December, 2019)
- November 18th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (September/October, 2019)
- November 18th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (July/August, 2019)
- October 18th - Starting Your Irish Ancestry Search in the right place.
- October 3rd - The Irish Scots – A Trip to Glasgow in Scotland (#503)
- September 19th - The Life of Riley – A Trip Through County Cavan (#502)
- September 6th - The Holy Wells of Ireland – Saints, Cures and Tradition (#501)
- June 17th - Where to Start Searching for Your Irish Ancestor
- June 10th - Tracking Down a Reader Surname in Ireland.
- June 4th - Thomas Francis Meagher Escapes from Tasmania
- April 23rd - Do you Know your Irish Ancestral Origins?
- April 8th - Tracing My Irish Ancestors from Tipperary.
- March 12th - The Skellig Islands, Star Wars and an Irish Lent.
- March 4th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (March/April, 2019)
- February 26th - Irish Civil Records – and the Origins of One Irish Grandmother
- February 19th - A Guide to Irish Family History Research
- February 15th - Irish Genealogy – An Irish Family History Research Guide (#404)
- February 6th - Have You Heard of The Irish Patriot called Michael Collins?
- January 31st - The Irish Festival at the start of a Celtic Spring (#403)
- January 29th - A Celtic Festival to Celebrate
- January 22nd - The Man Behind the Atlas of the Irish Revolution
- January 15th - When Laurel & Hardy came to Ireland.
- January 8th - Do You Have a Rare Irish Surname in your family Tree?
- January 4th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (January/February, 2019)
- December 5th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (December, 2018)
- November 19th - Is This The Best Irish Memorial Ever?
- November 19th - Where Did The Irish Come From? The Origins of the Irish.
- October 26th - An Irish Halloween – Stories from “Samhain” (#310)
- October 9th - Is That Jerry with a J? Is This Biblical Name Irish?
- October 2nd - Where Did Kavanaugh Come From?
- September 25th - Do You have an Irish Family History Puzzle Like This?
- September 20th - The Beatles – Meet The Liverpool Irish (#307)
- September 18th - Do You Have This Problem Locating your Irish Surname?
- September 11th - Five Surprising Ways to Search the 1901 Irish Census Records
- September 6th - An Irish American Story – From County Kerry to Illinois (#306)
- September 4th - Do You Know this Irish American Hero?
- August 21st - 3 Things to know about your Irish Ancestor Surnames
- August 14th - Have You Walked one of the Pilgrim paths of Ireland?
- August 7th - Do You Have an Irish Saint in Your Family Tree?
- July 31st - The Ford Motor Car and Confusing Irish Surnames
- July 24th - The Elementary Truth Behind Some Irish Surnames
- July 17th - Getting the most from Irish Ancestry Records
- July 10th - Beautiful Maureen O’Hara and 3 Irish Surnames
- July 3rd - Have you Visited the Irish Famine Museum?
- June 26th - Modern Slave Labour and The Magdalene Laundries
- June 12th - Our Top 5 Letters from Ireland Over 5 Years
- June 5th - The Delightful Butter Roads of Old Ireland
- May 29th - Do You Like this Irish Folklore collection?
- May 22nd - Welcome to Jack’s World – An Irish Obituary
- May 18th - Irish Ancestry Trail – Canada – Nova Scotia
- May 15th - A Journey into Irish DNA
- April 24th - The Irish Language and a Terrible Story of Injustice
- April 17th - From County Mayo to a Wagon Train out West
- April 10th - An Irish Rebellion in Australia
- March 13th - The One-Armed Wonderboy of Oriel
- March 6th - Top 10 Irish Surnames
- February 27th - Irish Ancestry Trail – Canada – Newfoundland
- February 27th - Irish Ancestry Trail – Canada – Introduction
- February 27th - An Irish Song in London Town
- February 22nd - Irish Stories – More Stories from The Green Room (#205)
- February 20th - The Last Resident of an Irish Island
- February 10th - Four Irish-Canadian Stories
- February 9th - Many Have Loved Your Moments of Glad Grace
- February 8th - From the Banks of the Rhine to the Banks of the Shannon
- February 7th - Come Down to the Irish Pub
- February 6th - An Irish Saint Valentine
- February 6th - County Fermanagh Surnames and Families
- February 5th - Irish Surnames and Their Counties
- February 5th - My Irish Surnames and Other Animals
- February 4th - What’s Your Name in Irish?
- February 3rd - Irish Surname Evolution.
- February 2nd - One Last Trip Back to Ireland
- February 1st - The Irish Bard of the Hooley
- January 31st - One Million Letters – Here are 10 of Them
- January 31st - Is There Such a thing as Irish DNA?
- January 30th - Irish Sayings, Two Paddys and One Yank
- January 29th - Is your Surname Buried in an Irish Placename?
- January 28th - Saint Brigid and The Story of a Remembered Soldier
- January 27th - The Origins of Two Irish Counties.
- January 26th - Have You Had Your Riverdance Moment?
- January 25th - From Ireland to Scotland – A Tale for Burns Night (#201)
- January 24th - An Irish Placename Travels Abroad to the City of Baltimore.
- January 23rd - A Journey from Ireland to Scotland
- January 21st - Irish Vikings – A Walk on the Viking Meadow
- January 20th - A Different Sort of Irish Music
- January 19th - The Islands of Ireland
- January 18th - Philomena
- January 17th - The Stone Circles and Druids of Ireland
- January 16th - The Great Houses of Ireland
- January 15th - Holland and the Irish Submarine
- January 13th - Irish Nicknames and your Irish Surname
- January 12th - Have You Heard Your Name in an Irish Accent?
- January 11th - Animal Rights and Humanity Dick
- January 10th - Would You Like to Hear the Tale of an Irish Knight?
- January 9th - United Surnames of Ireland
- January 8th - From Guinness to McGuinness
- January 7th - The Irish Traffic Lights of Syracuse
- January 6th - Thomas Francis Meagher – an Irish Name Spelled Two Ways.
- January 4th - The Story of Two Irish Immigrants.
- December 28th - Irish Naming Patterns
- December 21st - Christmas in Ireland – Tales from an Irish Home (#119)
- December 19th - Religion in Ireland – Let’s Take a Different Perspective (#118)
- December 19th - Irish Baby Names – Do You Follow this Approved List? (#117)
- December 19th - 2 Irish Gentlemen – Tales of Integrity and Principle (#116)
- December 19th - Fake News? – How The Irish Famine was Depicted Overseas (#115)
- December 19th - Finding Your Way – Directions in Ireland
- December 19th - From Fairy-Gaul to the Irish in Montreal
- December 17th - Saint Nicholas of Kilkenny
- December 17th - Partridge Island, Saint John.
- December 16th - Grosse Ile – The Original Isle of Tears
- December 15th - The Night of the Big Wind
- December 14th - An Irish Boat to New Brunswick.
- December 13th - Irish Hounds and Irish Surnames
- December 12th - From County Down to the Wuthering Heights of Yorkshire
- December 11th - A Letter from Australia to Ireland
- December 9th - Pride and Prejudice and Three Irish Surnames
- December 8th - Daniel McDonald – Painting Ireland During the Famine
- December 5th - Do You Have an Irish Mammy in Your Life?
- November 28th - How Many Generations Back to Your First Irish Ancestor?
- November 21st - Let us Gaze at the Moon and Stars: Agnes Mary Clerke
- November 19th - The Surnames of County Waterford
- November 16th - DNA and Culture – Is Irishness your Nature or Nurture? (#114)
- November 14th - The Choctaw Nation and Ireland
- November 9th - Pride, Prejudice and Jane Eyre – An Irish Connection? (#113)
- November 7th - Do you have an Irish Viking Surname?
- October 27th - An Irish Dracula.
- October 23rd - Have you heard of The Irish Banshee?
- September 15th - Maud Gonne and Mrs. Brown – 2 Tales of Strong Irish Women (#111)
- September 14th - Irish Placenames – A Journey along an old Irish Road (#110)
- August 28th - The Music of Chief O’Neill
- August 8th - The Life, Plays and Wisdom of George Bernard Shaw
- July 18th - Green, White and the Orange Order
- July 18th - The Penal Laws – and A Tale of Love and Loss
- June 26th - The Wine Geese of France
- June 5th - The Yew Tree of Ireland
- May 21st - The Tailor and Ansty – An Irish Storyteller
- May 15th - Elvis Presley and the Shillelagh
- April 30th - Saint Brendan’s Voyage
- April 23rd - The Arrival and Leaving of Liverpool
- April 21st - It’s a Long Way from Tipperary to New Jersey
- April 10th - One Readers Search for her Irish Ancestry.
- January 17th - Does your first name have an equivalent Irish name?
- January 12th - The Hedge School Teachers of Ireland
- September 29th - Planning your Trip to Ireland.
- June 14th - An Irish Mentor
- May 31st - Admiral William Brown of County Mayo
- May 17th - The Journey of an Irish Royal Family.
- March 26th - The Easter Rising, 1916
- January 31st - The Kings of County Fermanagh
- January 28th - A Trip to Ireland – The Secret to Planning Your Trip (#108)
- January 28th - Touring West Cork with Kilcrohane Sue
- January 13th - 4 Irish Women – Tales of Adversity and Triumph (#107)
- January 13th - Are You a Descendant of the Queen of Connaught?
- January 5th - Irish Surnames That Say Where You Came From
- December 24th - 2 Tales about Religion in Ireland (#105)
- December 23rd - A Story of Irish Quakers, the Famine and Pennsylvania
- December 18th - A Remarkable Story at the Back of an Irish Pub.
- December 10th - Irish Whiskey – A Drop of the “Water of Life” (#103)
- December 4th - Have You Ever Had a Drop of Irish Whiskey?
- December 3rd - A Drop of Irish Cognac – and a Wandering Story or Two.
- December 2nd - Have Your Heard Your Name in an Irish Accent?
- November 30th - Have you Unpacked Your Irish Family Tree?
- November 26th - Ulster Scots and the First Great Migration
- November 24th - Saints, Scholars and Irish Family Surnames
- November 19th - From Milltown to Milltown Cemetery, Belfast.
- November 17th - The Warrior Galloglass Surnames of Ireland
- November 12th - Do You See Yourself as Irish?
- November 10th - How The Irish Saved Civilisation
- November 5th - A Vote for Scottish Independence
- November 3rd - An Ideal Trip to Ireland
- September 11th - Religion in Ireland – A Methodical Approach
- August 30th - A Tale of Dual Irish Citizenship and a Little More
- July 27th - A Trip to McCarthys Bar.
- July 5th - Is this the First Irish Canadian?
- July 3rd - Born on the 4th of July
- June 29th - Connecting With Your Irish Cousins
- June 26th - Meitheamh – Mid-Summer in Ireland
- June 15th - The Amazing Story of Denis Donovan.
- March 31st - A Letter to my Irish Ancestor
- March 26th - The Tribes of Galway.
- March 12th - My Irish Ancestry Wishlist
- February 23rd - Saint Patricks Day: Looking into Saint Patrick’s Mirror
- February 3rd - I Was Born in Belfast.
- February 3rd - First Irish Meal in a Country Home.
- February 3rd - The O’Neills of Ireland – Fact and Fiction
- February 3rd - Ask And Ye Shall Receive
- February 3rd - Just Knock At The Door of Glin Castle.
- February 3rd - Two Irish Women
- February 3rd - Michael Kennedy Sails to India – Slowly
- February 3rd - The Journey of Hannah Canty Hogan
- January 26th - One Man and 35 Irish Surnames
- January 20th - Scottish Surnames and The Mull of Kintyre
- January 14th - Which Part of the Irish Diaspora do you come from?
- January 7th - The Two Graces Of County Mayo Ireland
- December 29th - The Irish Famine and Dear Old Skibbereen
- December 21st - An Irish Christmas
- December 17th - County Down Genealogy, Pictures and Surnames with Van Morrison
- December 10th - Do You Use an Advent Calendar in Your House?
- October 12th - Irish Surname Update – October, 2014
- September 4th - Irish Surnames – County Cork Surnames and Places
- August 29th - Tralee to Kilkee on the Wild Atlantic Way
- August 22nd - The Dingle Peninsula on the Wild Atlantic Way.
- July 22nd - The Ring of Kerry on the Wild Atlantic Way
- June 26th - Castles in Ireland – Our Top 22
- June 13th - Irish Surname Update – June 2014
- June 11th - Clonakilty to Baltimore on the Wild Atlantic Way
- June 2nd - Do You Have an Irish Surname Question?
- June 1st - County Tipperary Surnames and Places
- May 19th - Cape Clear on the Wild Atlantic Way
- April 16th - Which Irish County Holds Your Irish Roots?
- April 14th - One Irish Castle and Many Irish Names
- March 28th - Irish Genealogy – When to Hire a Genealogist
- March 27th - Irish Names for Boys and Girls
- March 12th - The Top 100 Irish Surnames
- March 5th - 6 Favourite Irish Names
- February 23rd - Irish Norman Surnames
- February 6th - The Origins of Your Irish Surnames
- January 26th - Book Cover for “The Tribes of Ireland”
- December 12th - Our Favourite Online Resources
- December 9th - The Surnames of County Carlow
- December 3rd - The Surnames of County Wexford
- November 22nd - The Surnames of County Westmeath
- November 18th - The Surnames of County Cork
- November 14th - The Surnames of County Sligo
- November 12th - The Surnames of County Mayo
- November 10th - The Surnames of County Fermanagh
- November 9th - The Surnames of County Armagh
- November 8th - The Surnames of County Tipperary
- November 3rd - A Country of Irish Family, Tribes and Kin.
- November 2nd - Why are there so many English Surnames in Ireland?
- October 31st - Man’s got to make a living – from the living and the dead!
- October 28th - “Castle on the Rock of the Fairy”
- October 24th - The Village of Allihies in West Cork
- October 20th - Bere Island – Sunday morning, June 9th, 2013.
- October 19th - One of our favourite cottages…Better start saving now!
- October 18th - A Roadtrip Around 16 Counties of Ireland – Part 4
- October 16th - Fancy living in this castle when it’s finished?
- October 14th - Fancy knocking on the Castles green door?
- October 13th - The famous MacCarthy’s Bar in Castletownbere
- October 12th - The inside of a Blasket Island Cottage
- October 9th - A Roadtrip Through 16 Counties of Ireland (Part 3)
- October 8th - Which do you prefer to say: Bergin OR Ó hAimheirgin?
- October 7th - “Cm’on to Kitty O’Sheas”
- October 6th - Castles and cows – it must be Ireland!
- October 5th - “Low lie the Fields of Athenry”
- October 5th - Crossing your Hazels and dotting your Oaks!
- October 4th - Have a close look at this photo …….
- October 4th - Who has heard of Gulliver’s Travels? Lilliput?
- October 4th - Fancy a Pint of Murphy at Hayes’s Bar?
- October 2nd - The Irish Surname Foley
- September 30th - A Roadtrip Through 17 Counties of Ireland (Part 2)
- September 28th - A Roadtrip Through 17 Counties of Ireland: Part 1
- September 27th - The Top 10 Irish Surnames on our List.
- September 25th - The Irish Surname McCarthy/McCarty
- September 24th - The Irish Surname O’Connor/Connor/Conner/Conners/Connors
- September 19th - The Irish Surname Twomey / Toomey
- September 18th - The Irish Surname Egan
- September 10th - The Irish Surname Ryan
- September 10th - The Irish Surname Ryan
- August 26th - Is this an Irish or an English Surname?
- August 15th - Did your Family Live in an Irish Castle?
- August 4th - A Roadtrip Through 16 Counties of Ireland.
- July 26th - The Irish Surname Hanvey
- July 26th - The Surname Rudden or Rodden
- July 26th - The Irish Surname Mulvey
- July 15th - The Irish Surname Loughran
- July 15th - The Irish Surname McCorry
- July 9th - Like to run an Irish Castle for a Day?
- July 1st - A Tale of Nine Irish Surnames
- June 29th - Where do Irish Surnames come from?
- June 27th - The Surname O’Neill
- June 27th - Is my Surname Irish or Scottish?
- June 26th - The Irish Surname Donovan
- June 26th - The Irish Surname Maguire (McGuire)
- June 26th - The Irish Surname Carroll
- June 26th - The Irish Surname Murphy
- June 25th - The Irish Surname Gunning
- June 25th - The Irish Surname Walsh
- June 24th - The Irish Surname Quinn
- June 24th - The Irish Surname Mullins
- June 24th - The Surname Fitzpatrick
- June 24th - The Irish Surname Teague (or MacTeige)
- June 24th - The Irish Surname Coyle
- June 24th - The Irish Surname Riordan or Reardon
- June 24th - The Irish Surname McCoy
- June 24th - The Irish Surname McInerney
- June 23rd - The Irish Surname Doyle
- June 16th - The O’Flahertys and Aughnanure Castle
- June 13th - To Hell or to Connaught!
- June 13th - County Limerick Surnames
- June 13th - Viking Surnames and more
- June 11th - Bere Island – Hungry Hill
- June 7th - The Parting Glass
- June 7th - The Surnames of County Galway
- June 7th - Os and Macs – where did they go?
- June 7th - Colourful Kinsale
- June 6th - Kitty O’Sheas
- June 6th - Sheeps Head Walk
- June 4th - Surnames of County Cork – 1
- June 4th - Generations
- June 1st - County Waterford Surnames
- June 1st - County Clare – The Palace of Kincora
- May 31st - When Did your family COME to Ireland?
- May 31st - Saint Brendans Voyage
- May 31st - County Kilkenny Surnames
- May 31st - Are you from County Tipperary?
- May 31st - Did your family live in a castle?
- May 31st - From the Da Vinci Code to Castlemartyr
- May 31st - How Irish is Your Irish Ancestry?
- May 29th - Surnames of County Meath
- May 28th - Are You a Murphy?
- May 22nd - Wolfe Tone and Bantry Bay
- May 22nd - Blarney Castle and Your Irish Ancestry
- May 22nd - The Blasket Islands in County Kerry
- May 22nd - Up the Deise of County Waterford
- May 22nd - Are you a Mannion of America?
- May 11th - Mount Brandon and the People of Dingle
- May 10th - A Timeline of Irish Settlers
- May 10th - Hore Abbey
- May 10th - Dun na Sead Castle
- May 10th - Castledonovan of the O’Donovans