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

October 19th - Celebrating Samhain – What This Time Of Year Means to Me.
October 5th - The Irish President and The Irish Poet.
September 28th - A Irish Bog Story for You.
September 14th - Irish American Genealogy – Tips from a US Genealogist
August 24th - Patrick Cleburne – From Cork to The Battle of Franklin
June 29th - Is It Time To Start Your Irish Fan Club?
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?

2019

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 27th - Join an Irish Genealogist on a Walk Through a Graveyard – (#505)
October 18th - Starting Your Irish Ancestry Search in the right place.
October 18th - Where You Need to Start Your Irish Ancestry Search – 2 Reader Case-Studies (#504)
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)
July 1st - The Streets of a Small Town in County Tipperary
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
May 31st - 7 Favourite Irish Ancestry Moments from Series 4 of the Letter from Ireland Show (#410)
May 10th - 3 Signs You Are making Progress as an Irish Family History Researcher (#409)
May 5th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (May/June, 2019)
April 28th - A Tale of Two Cities – The Tenement Museums of Dublin and New York (#408)
April 23rd - Do you Know your Irish Ancestral Origins?
April 12th - From Queenstown to Ellis Island – A Journey in the Footsteps of Your Irish Ancestors (#407)
April 8th - Tracing My Irish Ancestors from Tipperary.
March 29th - Irish Ancestry – Interview With an American Genealogist on Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (#406)
March 12th - The Skellig Islands, Star Wars and an Irish Lent.
March 4th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (March/April, 2019)
February 28th - 12 Surprises – 90,000 Irish Genealogy Questions and Answers over 5 years (#405)
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 18th - Anglo Norman Surnames – Following the Norman Trail to Ireland (#402)
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)
January 4th - The Convict Irish in Australia – A Trip to Van Diemen’s Land (#401)

2018

December 5th - Letter from Ireland Magazine (December, 2018)
December 3rd - Find the places of your Irish Ancestors – An Irish Historical Map.
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 18th - The Shopkeeper and the Irish Saint – My Grandfather’s Hidden History (#309)
October 9th - Is That Jerry with a J? Is This Biblical Name Irish?
October 4th - From an Irish Cottage to a Castle – A Journey into one Woman’s Hidden Past (#308)
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 28th - Have an Ancestry Brickwall? Here’s a new way to look at it.
August 21st - 3 Things to know about your Irish Ancestor Surnames
August 14th - Have You Walked one of the Pilgrim paths of Ireland?
August 9th - Meet 5 Irish Heroes – People Making a Difference in Heritage (#305)
August 7th - Do You Have an Irish Saint in Your Family Tree?
July 31st - The Ford Motor Car and Confusing Irish Surnames
July 26th - From the Mouths of Babes – A Wonderful Irish Ancestry Resource (#304)
July 24th - The Elementary Truth Behind Some Irish Surnames
July 19th - Tales of West Cork – Will You Come to an Irish Hooley? (#303)
July 17th - Getting the most from Irish Ancestry Records
July 12th - Meet The Ulster Scots – The Ulster American Folk Park (#302)
July 10th - Beautiful Maureen O’Hara and 3 Irish Surnames
July 5th - If The Walls Could Talk – A Visit to the National Famine Museum (#301)
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
June 1st - Irish Ancestry Trail – Australia – Introduction
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 17th - Voices from Australia – A Trip Along the Irish Ancestral Trail (#212)
May 15th - A Journey into Irish DNA
May 10th - A Summer Festival – Bealtaine, the Start of an Irish Summer (#211)
May 8th - From the High King of Ireland to South Australia
May 5th - Irish Revolution – Meet the Man behind the Atlas of the Irish Revolution (#210)
May 3rd - DNA Testing – Our Experiences with Irish Ancestry DNA (#209)
April 24th - The Irish Language and a Terrible Story of Injustice
April 19th - One Listener’s Story – A Letter from Australia to Ireland (#208)
April 17th - From County Mayo to a Wagon Train out West
April 12th - Meet John Grenham – A Chat on the state of Irish Ancestry Records (#207)
April 10th - An Irish Rebellion in Australia
April 5th - Meet the Irish-Canadians – Following The Irish Ancestral Trail in Canada (#206)
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 14th - An Irish Bard – The Story of a Modern Irish Poet and Storyteller (#204)
February 10th - Four Irish-Canadian Stories
February 9th - Many Have Loved Your Moments of Glad Grace
February 8th - Saint Valentine of Dublin – His Life and Final Resting Place (#203)
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
February 1st - Obtaining Irish Citizenship – From Movie Stars to the Rest of us (#202)
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.

2017

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 26th - Shackleton and St. Brendan – Irish Explorers who Took on The World (#112)
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)
September 7th - A Trip to The Moon – In the Footsteps of 2 Irish Scientists (#109)
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 28th - Ernest Shackleton and the Irish Antarctic Connection.
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.
March 17th - A Special Saint Patrick’s Day Message to all of our readers
January 17th - Does your first name have an equivalent Irish name?
January 12th - The Hedge School Teachers of Ireland

2016

September 29th - Planning your Trip to Ireland.
June 14th - An Irish Mentor
May 31st - Admiral William Brown of County Mayo
May 24th - Molly Brown and The Titanic – An Irish Story.
May 17th - The Journey of an Irish Royal Family.
May 14th - The Fighting Irish – Is Your Irish Surname Mentioned Here?
May 6th - 3 Steps to Tracing Your Irish Ancestry Back to Ireland
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 7th - Irish Placenames – Is Your Surname Hidden in One of These Places? (#106)
January 5th - Irish Surnames That Say Where You Came From

2015

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 18th - Pete MacCarthy – Always Visit a Pub with Your Name over the Door (#104)
December 10th - Irish Whiskey – A Drop of the “Water of Life” (#103)
December 4th - Irish Sayings – Is there room for the Irish language in your life? (#102)
December 4th - Have You Ever Had a Drop of Irish Whiskey?
December 3rd - Irish Sayings – Is there Room for the Irish language in your Life?
December 3rd - A New Podcast – Welcome to The Letter from Ireland Show (#101)
December 3rd - A Drop of Irish Cognac – and a Wandering Story or Two.
December 2nd - Have Your Heard Your Name in an Irish Accent?
December 1st - Did Your Irish Australian Ancestor Follow the Black Velvet Band?
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 20th - The Brehon Families of Ireland – Is Your Surname Here?
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.
June 11th - What Are the “Approved” Irish Names in Your Family?
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

2014

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 - Wild Atlantic Way Ireland – Join us on a Long, Slow Trip.
August 22nd - The Dingle Peninsula on the Wild Atlantic Way.
July 22nd - The Ring of Kerry on the Wild Atlantic Way
July 6th - The Colours of Ireland: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 6th - An Irish Smile: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 6th - My Irish Grandmother: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 6th - A Birthday Trip to Ireland: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 6th - Emails from Ireland: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 6th - How Ireland has Changed: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 6th - Irish Hospitality and Kindness: A Reader’s Letter from Ireland
July 3rd - Beara Peninsula and Kenmare on the Wild Atlantic Way
June 26th - Castles in Ireland – Our Top 22
June 19th - Sheeps Head Peninsula and Bantry on the Wild Atlantic Way
June 13th - Irish Surname Update – June 2014
June 11th - Clonakilty to Baltimore on the Wild Atlantic Way
June 5th - Skibbereen to Mizen Head on the Wild Atlantic Way
June 2nd - Do You Have an Irish Surname Question?
June 1st - County Tipperary Surnames and Places
May 21st - Kinsale to Clonakilty on the Wild Atlantic Way
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 20th - The Irish Character – What Does it Mean to you to be Irish?
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”

2013

December 12th - Our Favourite Online Resources
December 9th - The Surnames of County Carlow
December 3rd - The Surnames of County Wexford
December 1st - Letter to the People of Ireland – Care of – President Michael D. Higgins
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 30th - Which do you think will last longer – the tree or the bell tower?
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 17th - This is how the Norman lords and knights wanted to be remembered
October 16th - Fancy living in this castle when it’s finished?
October 15th - A colourful streetscape in the market town of Bandon in West Cork.
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 - Have you been to Inis Mhór – the largest of the Aran Islands off County Galway?
October 8th - Which do you prefer to say: Bergin OR Ó hAimheirgin?
October 7th - Come on “back the road” to ….. Paris …… Paris, Heir Island that is.
October 7th - “Cm’on to Kitty O’Sheas”
October 6th - Castles and cows – it must be Ireland!
October 6th - The Tribes of Ireland – Ireland at the Birth of Your Irish Surname.
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 28th - Royal Families of Ireland – Does your Irish surname make the list?
July 26th - The Irish Surname Hanvey
July 26th - The Surname Rudden or Rodden
July 26th - The Irish Surname Mulvey
July 16th - If you took all the Gaelic Surnames out of Ireland – what would be left?
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 - Did your Irish Ancestor leave Ireland between 1848 and 1950?
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 30th - Where was Your Family at the time of Henry VIII?
May 29th - Surnames of County Meath
May 28th - Is your family a member of the Dal gCais Tribe?
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 - The Galloglass – Do You have the Warrior Gene?
May 10th - Dun na Sead Castle
May 10th - Castledonovan of the O’Donovans
May 10th - Ballynacarriga Castle – Home of the O’Hurleys