I am very pleased to welcome you to www.irishgenealogy.ie the web site dedicated to helping you in your search for records of family history for past generations. This site will assist you in providing valuable information on the many ways of tracing your family history. You can now view over 2 million pre-1900 church records free of charge. You can also make your travelling arrangements if you wish to visit the home of your forebears.
This site is hosted by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. At present there are 2,030,140 Church records of Baptism, Marriage and Death available to view free of charge on this website. These records are comprised of Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland Records from Counties Carlow, Cork, Kerry and Dublin City. These Church records were computerised with funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport and through the work of the Dublin Heritage Group and Kerry Genealogical Research Centre.
This website follows on from the work achieved by Irish Genealogy Limited (IGL). The Department acknowledges the role played by IGL, its staff and the various members of the Board of Directors. The Department also acknowledges the work and dedication of the many people and voluntary groups whose input continues to support the promotion of genealogy in Ireland. Special thanks goes to Dublin City Public Library, Kerry Genealogical Research Centre, The Representative Church Body Library, The National Library of Ireland and the National Archives of Ireland. The Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport continues to work on this project and a further 1 million records for Dublin City and County Cork will be added before the end of 2010. I hope that all users of this website get great benefit from using it and I know that with further records coming online in the near future that it will be a valuable source of information for the wider community and agateway for visitors from abroad to research their family interest and visit places which they may not otherwise have visited.
With best wishes
Mary Hanafin, T.D.,
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
