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- Ireland Military ArchivesFreeThese are the Irish government military archives, so most of the collections date from the early 20th century. Online collections include military pensions, communications, magazines, history, 1922 army census, photographs, maps etc.
- Irish Newspaper ArchiveCommercial
- RootsIrelandCommercialSearchable Catholic church records, Griffith's Valuation, Monumental Inscription etc and research services
- Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845FreeThis is an Internet Archive digital book. It appears to be perhaps a second volume since entries start beginning with N. There is an index. It has a detailed comparison of the 1841 census with the 1831 census.
- Ireland Skibereen Heritage CentreFree380,000 searchable cemetery records in County Cork
- Petty Sessions Court Registers 1828-1912FreeCommercialThis is a FindMyPast database. Petty Sessions were the lowest group of courts in Ireland, hearing about domestic disputes, public order charges and money owed. More than 22 million records with transcribed details and associated images are available. A record found here might also be mentioned in a newspaper report.
- Irish GenealogyFreeThis essential free website covers all the basics: both indexes and images for civil registration of births, marriages and deaths as well as many church records and finding aids. Since shortly after its launch in 2016, it has become a bedrock of Irish family history research.
- Ireland’s Catholic RecordsFreeThis name searchable database is built on two fundamental 18th century resources for Ireland's Catholics: The Catholic Convert Rolls of those who in order to maintain landholding and other privileges converted to the Church of Ireland, and Catholic Qualification Rolls of people who pledged allegiance to the English Monarch. There are thousands of names, places, churches etc and attractive graphics showing where and when people's names were added to the rolls.
- Registry of Deeds Index ProjectFreeThis site has more than 640,000 index entries for the Registry of Deeds volumes of property transactions. This ongoing project is the only place where every person mentioned in a deed/memorial is indexed. There are also townland indexes. The deeds often record marriages, wills, deaths etc and are a significant genealogical resource for property holders. Users are invited to contribute to the indexing.
- Representative Church Body Library (Church of Ireland)FreeLocated in Dublin, this is the principal repository for records of the Church of Ireland. Look for the 'List of Parish Registers' to show exactly what Church of Ireland records have been deposited at the library.
- British Army Service Records 1760-1939FreeCommercialThe British Army Service Records on FindMyPast is one of the most significant British Army collections available online with more than 8 million records. The collection includes a myriad of Army forms including attestation papers, medical forms, discharge documents, pension claims, and proceedings of regimental boards. This search covers all available papers for each soldier. Find officers and other ranks in 17 different sets of records from The National Archives and the Scots Guards.
- Ireland 1841/1851 Census Abstracts for Pensions Republic of IrelandFreeCommercial
- Ireland 1901 and 1911 Censuses and earlier fragmentsFree
- Ireland Alumni Dublinenses 1924 editionFreeCommercial
- Ireland Births and Baptisms 1620-1881 (IGI)Free
- Ireland Catholic Baptism Records 1742-1881 30 parishesFreeCommercial
- Ireland Catholic Baptism Records 1763-1912 73 parishesFreeCommercial
- Ireland Catholic Marriages/Banns 1742-1844 30 parishesFreeCommercial
- Ireland Catholic Parish Registers at the National Library of IrelandFreeBrowse only.
- Ireland Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958Free
- Ireland Civil Registration indexes with imagesFreeContains images of births for 1864-1915, marriages for 1845-1940, and deaths for 1864-1965.
- Ireland Deaths 1864-1870 (IGI)Free
- Ireland Diocese of Dublin Index to Act or Grant Books and Original Wills 1272-1858FreeCommercial
- Ireland Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland 1845FreeCommercial
- Ireland Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory 1824FreeCommercial
- Ireland Griffith’s Valuation 1847-1864Free
- Ireland Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Parishes 1851-1911FreeCommercialBrowse by jurisdiction and date.
- Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 (IGI)Free
- Ireland National Commercial Directory 1881FreeCommercial
- National Library of IrelandFreeThe mission of The National Library of Ireland in Dublin is collect, protect and make accessible the recorded memory of Ireland. To this end, most of the collections of printed books, journals, maps, prints and drawings, photographs, musical scores, manuscripts etc have to do with Ireland. Although some very ancient items have been preserved, most materials are from the 19th to the 21st century.
- Ireland Order Civil Registration CertificatesFree
- Ireland Prison Registers 1790-1924FreeCommercial
- Ireland Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858-1922Free
- Ireland Royal Irish Constabulary Index 1816-1921FreeCommercial
- Ireland Soldiers’ Wills 1914-1918Free
- Ireland Tithe Applotment Books 1824-1837 (except Northern Ireland)Free
- Ireland Tithe Defaulters 1831FreeCommercial
- Ireland Wills Index 1484-1858FreeCommercial
- Ireland Wm Smith O’Brien Petition 1848-1849FreeCommercial
- Irish Family History SocietyFree
- Irish Genealogical Research SocietyFree
- RootsIrelandCommercial
- WW1 Irish Soldiers’ Wills 1914-1918FreeThese are National Archives of Ireland links to the probate calendars for Ireland and Northern Ireland during 1914-1918. Information includes date and place of death, regiment and executors/next of kin.
- National Library of Ireland Digital PhotographsFreeThousands of photographs from all over Ireland.
- Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland 1840-1940FreePhotographers biographies are free, but some services such as dating a customer's photo need to be paid for.
