Celebrate Your Irish Heritage

Hi, we're Mike and Carina. We travel Ireland and the Irish ancestral trails of the world, connect with people of Irish descent and share the resulting stories, photos, videos and podcasts with you.

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Recent Articles

There Once was a City called Limerick

Did your ancestors come from Limerick? Join Mike as he walks the historic streets and explores the roots of this iconic Irish city.

What the Land Records Can’t Tell You About Your Irish Ancestor

Land records show your Irish ancestors as tenants, but that’s only half the story. See how one family held their ground in Kilkenny for 1,300 years.

A Day in the life of an Irish Shoemaker

What was life like for an Irish shoemaker in 1926? Mike uses the new census to reconstruct the daily world of Carina’s Moynihan ancestors in Cork.

One Spring Night at the Kitchen Table: The 1926 Census is Live

A West Cork shopkeeper filled in his 1926 census form on a spring night in Ovens. A hundred years later, you can sit down and read exactly what he wrote.

How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors (Step-by-Step)

For many people, the desire to trace Irish ancestors begins with something small. A family name.A photograph.A story about “coming from Cork” or “somewhere in Mayo.”Perhaps a census record abroad that lists a birthplace simply as Ireland. From that point onward the same question usually appears: Where do I begin? Irish genealogy becomes far easier…