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General Irish Resources

• Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO)
  
• Database of Advertisements for Irish Immigrants published in the Boston Pilot
  
• Electric Guide to Scottish & Irish Clans
   
• FamilySearch Irish Research Wiki
  
• From Ireland
  
  
• GENUKI: Ireland
  
  
• Irish Ancestors - includes a great surname distribution tool as well as a search wizard tool to advise where to look for your particular research problem.
  
  
• Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA)
  
  
• Irish Family History Foundation
  
  
• Irish Index - birth marriage and death announcements from a Dublin newspaper 1817-1823  (there is a charge for a copy of the article itself but the index is free)
  
• Irish Origins
  
• OLochlainns Journal of Irish Families
  

Archives & Libraries

• National Archives of Ireland
  
  
• Guide to the National Archives of Ireland
  

Reference Tools

• A-Z of Irish Genealogy
  
  
• Family Search Guide to Irish Events & Timelines
  
  
• Fianna Guide to Irish Genealogy
  
  
• Irish Parish List
  
  
• Results of Fire and Famine: Census Records of Ireland 1813-1911
  

Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• IreAtlas
  
• Ireland's History in Maps
  
• Irish Maps of the 18th & 19th Century
  
• Irish Travel Maps
  
• Maps of Ireland
  
• Maps of the Counties of Ireland
  
• Perry Castanada Map Collection: Ireland
  
  

History

• An Gorta Mor: the Great Irish Famine
  
  
• Great Famine 1845-1850 (Irish National Archives)
   
• Information Wanted: Database of Advertisements for Irish Immigrants
   published in the Boston Pilot
  
  
• Irish History on the Web
  
  
• Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore & Drama
  
  
• Irish Penal Laws
  
  
• Irish Surnames & Timeline
  
  
• Irish Famine 1845-1850 
  
  
• Views of the Famine  If you have famine immigrants in your family really take a look at this. It includes news articles of the day from newspapers and journals.  
   
• WWW Virtual History of Ireland

Vital Records

• Cemetery Records of Ireland
  
  
• Vital Records in England & Ireland

Scotch Irish / Ulster Scots Resources

• County Tyrone Genealogy
  
  
• Northern Ireland Genealogy
  
  
• Northern Ireland GenWeb Project
  
  
• Our Scotch-Irish Heritage (some background & history)
  
  
• Rascal: the search engine of Northern Ireland
  
  
• Ulster Ancestry Links
  
  
• Ulster Genealogical Database
   
• UlsterScots celebrates the Scotch Irish in early Cumberland/Franklin Co. Pennsylvania but they have some wonderful Ulster resources that could help anyone with background in Northern Ireland