Begley, Donal F. (editor). Irish genealogy: a record finder. Dublin: Heraldic Artists, 1981. Call #: oCS483.174 (2nd floor open shelf).
Falley, Margaret Dickson. Irish and Scotch-Irish ancestral research: a guide to the genealogical records, methods and sources in Ireland. Evanston, Illinois: Falley, 1962. Call #: oCS483.F35 1962 (2nd floor open shelf). Long considered the bible of Irish genealogical research, this work is now to some extent outdated; however, the bibliographies in the second volume are still of great importance.
Glazier, Michael (ed.). The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1999. Call #: E 184.I6 E53 1999 (3rd floor open shelf).
Glynn, Joseph Martin. Manual for Irish Genealogy: A Guide to Methods and Sources for Tracing Irish Ancestry. Newton, MA: Irish Family History Society, 1979. Call #: folio CS 487.G59.
Grenham, John. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. Call #: CS 483.G74 1993 (2nd floor open shelf).
Handbook on Irish Genealogy: How to Trace Your Ancestors and Relatives in Ireland. Dublin: Heraldic Artists Ltd., 1976. Call #: CS 483.H47 1976 (2nd floor open shelf).
MacLysaght, Edward. Bibliography of Irish Family History. 2nd ed. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1982. Call #: Z 5313.I7 M32 1982.
Raymond, Stuart A. Irish Family History on the Web: A Directory. Lancashire, England: Fderation of Family History Societies, 2001. Call #: CS 484.R39 2001.
Reid, Judith P. Family Ties in England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland: Sources for Genealogical Research. Washington: Library of Congress, 1998. Call # Z 5313.G69 R45 1998 (2nd floor open shelf).
Ryan, James G. Irish records: sources for family and local history. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1997. Call #: oZ5313.I7R83 1997 (2nd floor open shelf). Excellent county by county summaries. Bibliographies are especially important, as many citations fall after the publication of Falley's work.
Yurdan, Marilyn. Irish family history. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. Call #: oCS483.Y87 1990 (2nd floor open shelf).
General alphabetical index to the townlands and towns, parishes, and baronies of Ireland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984 (reprint Dublin, 1861). Call #: oDA979.G46 1984. (2nd floor open shelf). Helpful in the use of Griffith's valuations and the Ordnance survey maps.
Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical dictionary of Ireland. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat, 1970 (reprint 1837). Call #: oDA979.L48 1970 (2nd floor open shelf). Two volume gazetteer plus atlas volume.
Mitchell, Brian. A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. Call # G 5781.M57 (2nd floor open shelf).
Ordnance townland survey of Ireland. Dublin, 1831-1842. Call #: +G1042.367 (request from Special Collections reading room - specify county). This is the most detailed set of maps of any European country in the nineteenth century. The scale is six inches to the mile and the Newberry is the only repository in North America with a complete set. A microfiche version is available from the General Reading Room (call #: Microfiche 708 - again specify county). Reader printer copies can be made from this fiche set. Through Newberry's Quick Search Services, you can request a copy from this map set.
Bell, Robert. The Book of Ulster Surnames. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1988. Call #: CS 2415.B45 1988 (2nd floor open shelf).
Grehan, Ida. The Dictionary of Irish Family Names. Boulder: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997. Call #: CS 2415.G74 1997 (2nd floor open shelf).
O’Laughlin, Michael C. The Book of Irish Families Great and Small. 2nd ed. Kansas City, MO: Irish Genealogical Foundation, 1997. Call # CS 2415 .O63 1997 (2nd floor open shelf).
MacLysaght, Edward. More Irish Families. Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 1996. Call #: CS 2415.M238 1996 (2nd floor open shelf).
MacLysaght. Edward. A Guide to Irish Surnames. Baltimore: Genealogical Book Co., 1964. Call #: CS 2415.M23 1964 (2nd floor open shelf).
Matheson. Robert E. Special Report on Surnames in Ireland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975. Call #: CS 2415.M3 1975 (2nd floor open shelf).
Irish Catholic directory. Call #: oBX1503.A3I6 (2nd floor open shelf). The Newberry's edition (1987) is somewhat dated, but can still assist in determining the existence and location of present day parishes.
A Guide to Irish parish registers. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Call #: oCD1118.5.A2M57 1988 (2nd floor open shelf). Covers Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland and Presbyterian registers as well as miscellaneous Nonconformist, primarily Quaker and Methodist.
Mitchell, Brian. A Guide to Irish churches and graveyards. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. Call #: oDA985.G84 1990 (2nd floor open shelf).
Ryan, James G. Irish Church Records: Their History, Availability, and Use in Family and Local History Research. Dublin: Flyleaf Press, 1992. Call # CS 496.C56 I75 1992 (2nd floor open shelf).
DeGrazia, Laura Murphy and Diane Fitzpatrick Haberstroh (comp). Irish Relatives and Friends: From “Information Wanted” ads in the Irish-American, 1850-1871. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. Call #: E 184.I6 D44 2001.
Glazier, Ira and Michael Tepper. The Famine immigrants: lists of Irish immigrants arriving at the port of New York, 1846-1851. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983-1985. 5 volumes. Call #: oE184.I6F25 1983 (2nd floor open shelf).
Harris, Ruth M. and Donald M. Jacobs. The Search for missing friends: Irish immigrant advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1989-. Call #: oF73.9.I6S43 1989 (2nd floor open shelf). v. 1-8, covers 1831-1920.
Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806: Lists of Passengers Sailing from Ireland to America, Extracted from the Hardwicke Papers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995. Call #: E 184.I6 I687 (2nd floor open shelf).
McDonnell, Frances. Emigrants from Ireland to America. 1735-1743: A Transcription of the report of the Irish House of Commons into Enforced Emigration to America. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1992. Call #: E 184.I6 E45 1992.
Mitchell, Brian. Irish passenger lists 1847-1871: lists of passengers sailing from Londonderry to America on ships of the J. & J. Cooke Line and the McCorkell Line. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Call #: oE184.I6I75 (2nd floor open shelf).
Masterson, Josephine. Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Call #: CS 448.A1 M37 1999.
Masterson, Josephine. County Cork, Ireland: A Collection of 1851 Census Records. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1994. Call #: CS 497.C7 M37 1994.
Masterson, Josephine. Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Call #: CS 497.A1 M37 1999.
From Paddy to Studs: Irish American Communities in the Turn of the Century Era, 1880-1920. Ed. Timothy J. Meagher. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986. Call #: E 184.I6 F76 1986. Includes chapters on Irish communities in Massachusetts, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and San Francisco.
Gibson, Jeremy Sumner Wucherley. The Protestation Returns, 1641-1642, and other contemporary listings: collection in ad of distressed Protestants in Ireland, subsidies, polls, tax, assessment or grant; vow and covenant, solemn league and covenant. Birmingham, UK: Federation of Family History Societies, 1995. Call #: Z 5313.G69 G52915 1995.
Griffith, Richard (compiler). General valuation and rateable property in Ireland. 1862 edition. Call #: Microfiche 326. Obtain at second floor reference post and ask to see the instruction sheets for using this source. Lists all lessors and lessees at the time of survey. Assessments were conducted between 1848 and 1864, depending on the county. Ordnance Survey references are a special bonus. Note: the valuations for the City of Dublin form a separate title (call #: Microfiche 824).
The following titles are offered as a supplement to the Newberry's single sheet bibliography, Irish Genealogy, which lists the Library's most important titles in this field. This bibliography is offered as a further aid to the serious researcher, who is also urged to consult the Newberry's catalogs.
Day, Angelique and Patrick McWilliams (editors). Ordnance Survey memoirs of Ireland. Belfast: Queen's University of Belfast, 1990-. Call #: oDA990.U46O85. Multi-volume set. The Memoirs were written as descriptions to accompany the Ordnance Survey maps. The program began in Ulster in the 1830s, but was abandoned before the southern part of the country could be attempted. Contents will vary, the organization geared to the civil parishes within a county. The researcher will find descriptions of individual townlands, topography, industry, emigration, and matters of antiquarian interest, among the most frequently ecountered contents. Consult the computer catalog for volume contents.
Griffith's valuation of the city of Dublin. Call #: Microfiche 824. Not included in the larger set.
Morris, Andrew J. Full name index to householders for Griffith's primary valuation, County Mayo. Call #: Microfiche 326 Index Mayo. Full name index to householders for Griffith's primary valuation, County Wicklow. Call #: Mirofiche 326 Index Wicklow. In both instances a considerable improvement over the double tiered surname only indexing found in the larger set.
O'Flanagan, Michael. Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of _____. Different call numbers for each county. Check card catalog under author for complete listing. Referred to as the "Ordnance Survey Letters." These consist of field reports from the surveyors, who were requested to discover all the variant names, antiquities, and local lore of each area they surveyed. Distinguish from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland (above).
Belfast. Public Record Office. Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Stationer's Office, 1924-1959. Call #: F42.63.
Dublin. Public Record Office. Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1869-1930. Call #: F42.437.
Hayes, Richard J. Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilisation. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1965-1979. Total of 23 volumes. Call #: oZ2041.D85 (open shelf reference collection, 3rd floor). Index volumes divided into those listing persons, subjects, places, and dates.
Emigrants from Ireland to America 1735-1743: a transcription of the report of the Irish House of Commons into enforced emigration to America. (reprint) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Call #: oE184I6E45 1992.
Schlegel, Donald M. Passengers from Ireland: lists of passengers arriving at American ports between 1811 and 1817 transcribed from The Shamrock or Hibernian Chronicle. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Call #: oE184I6S34.
The All-Ireland family heritage. 1984-1985. Call #: foDA900 A44.
Analecta Hibernica. 1930-. Call #: F42.445.
Familia. (Ulster Genealogy and History Guild.) 1985 (vol.2)-. Call #: foCS440 U48.
Irish ancestor. 1969-1986. Call #: oCS480 I7.
Irish genealogist. 1937-. Call #: oCS480.I74.
Journal of the American Irish Historical Society. 1898-1941. Call #: F8395.03.
The Newberry attempts to maintain complete runs for the following periodicals; however, the effort has been in some instances problematic. Starting years for publication are provided for some of the more established journals. The reader will find citations to many of the these periodicals in both O'Falley's and Ryan's reference works on Irish genealogy.
Bliainiris. North Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society. Call #: oDA990.M3B54.
Breifne. Breifne Historical Society (County Cavan). Call #: oDA990.C37B74.
Decies. Old Waterford Society. Call #: foDA990.W3D43.
Derriana. Derry Diocesan Historical Society. Call #: oBX1507.D47D47.
Dublin historic record. 1938-. Call #: F4293.002.
Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 1892-. Call #: F42.195.
Journal of the County Louth Archaelogical Society / Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society. Call #: F02425.5
Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society. 1968-. Call #: oDA990K4 K43.
Journal of the Old Wexford Society / Journal of the Wexford Historical Society. Call #: oDA990W5O43.
Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society. Call #: oDA990W6J68.
Old Kilkenny review. 1948-. Call #: oDA990 K43O4.
Riocht na Midhe. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society. 1955-. Call #: oDA990.M4R56.
Seanchas Ardmhacha. Armagh Diocesan Historical Society. Call #: oBX1507.A7S4.
Ulster journal of archaeology. 1853-. Call #: F02429.9.
The researcher will find it useful to consult James Ryan's Irish records: sources for family history (Rev. ed., Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997), call #:oZ5313.I7R83 1997 on the 2nd floor open shelf. A chapter is devoted to each county with a section on wills and administrations. For Cork and Kerry the researcher is especially urged to consult the abstracts found in Casey's O'Kief, Coshe Mang . . . (Call #: oCS 497.M8C3 on 2nd floor open shelf) – see Miscellany section for a discussion of this source.
Dublin. Public Record Office. The Fifty-sixth report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1931. Call #: F42.437 (volume containing reports for 1918-1930). Appendix lists wills which survived the 1922 P.R.O. fire, although probably should not be considered a definitive source.
Eustace, P. Beryl and Eilish Ellis. Registry of deeds Dublin: abstracts of wills. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1954-1984. Call #: K49.276. 3 volumes covering wills 1708-1832. Nice abstracts, though only covering approximately 1,500 wills deposited with the Registry in connection with land transfer.
Phillimore, W.P.W. and Gertrude Thrift. Indexes to Irish wills. London: Phillimore, 1909. Call #: K49.44. 5 volumes. Provides year of probate and residence. These volumes index the wills of the consistorial courts, i.e. those of the individual dioceses of the Church of Ireland. Many of the records themselves were lost in the 1922 Irish P.R.O. fire.
Vicars, Arthur. Index to the prerogative wills of Ireland, 1536-1810. Dublin: Edwd. Ponsonby, 1897. Call #: K49.94. Provides year of probate, residence, sometimes occupation. Wills were proven in the prerogative court in those instances when a testator had property worth more than œ5 in a diocese other than that of residence. Most of the records themselves were lost in the 1922 Irish P.R.O. fire.
deBreffny, Brian. Bibliography of Irish family history and genealogy. Dublin: Golden Eagle Books, 1974. Call #: E65.116. Also consult the general reference works by Ryan and Falley. All three works include citations for periodical articles.
MacLysaght, Edward. Irish families: their names, arms and origins. 4th edition. Dublin: Irish Academica Press, c1985. Call #: oCS2415 M235 1985 (2nd floor open shelf).
Matheson, Robert E. Special report on surnames in Ireland [together with] Varieties and synonyms of surnames and Christian names in Ireland. (reprint) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975. Call #: oCS2415.M3 (2nd floor open shelf). Originally published 1901, 1909. Tables indicate prevalance or scarcity of surnames in Irish provinces and counties. Surname variations provided in second half of book.
Casey, Albert M. O'Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher, and Upper Blackwater in Ireland. Birmingham, Alabama: Knocknagree Historical Fund, 1952-1971. 15 volumes. Indexing by volume. Call #: oCS497M8C3 (2nd floor open shelf). The focus of this work is on the Cork-Kerry border area; however, there is much source material for both counties in general, as well as some for the province of Munster outside Cork and Kerry. Materials reproduced include will and administration abstracts, marriage records, city directories, obituary abstracts, cemetery readings, vital records, and published local histories.
Clarke, R.S.J. Gravestone inscriptions, County Down. Belfast: Ulster-Scot Historical Society, 1966-. Call #: E69.365. The most extensive gravestone transcription project in print for Ireland.
Cockton, Peter. Subject catalog of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1801-1900. Cambridge, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988. Call #: oZ2019C63 1988 (3rd floor reference collection, Reference & Bibliographical Center). The papers themselves are held by the Newberry on microcard.
Farrar, Henry. Irish marriages being an index to the marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine 1771 to 1812. (reprint) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972. The Newberry is one of the few North American libraries holding Walker's Hibernian Magazine (call #: A51.395 in 47 volumes).
Ffolliot, Rosemary. Biographical notices (primarily relating to counties Cork and Kerry) collected from newspapers 1756-1827, with a few references 1749-1755. Dublin: Ffolliott, 1969. Call #: Microfiche 615.
Index to biographical notices in the newspapers of Limerick, Ennis, Clonmel and Waterford, 1758-1821. Fethard, Co. Tipperary: Ffolliott, 1985. Call #: Microfiche 616.
Jones, Henry Z. (Jr.) The Palatine families of Ireland. 2nd edition. Camden, Maine: Picton, 1990. Call #: oCS496.P3J6 1990.
Murphy, Helen M. and James R. Reilly. Marriages in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuam, Ireland 1820-1829. Bowie, Md: Heritage Books, 1993. [to be catalogd.] The diocese of Tuam encompasses the southern part of County Mayo, the northern area of County Galway and two civil parishes along the western border of County Roscommon.
Surname index for the 1796 spinning wheel premium entitlement lists of Ireland. Call #: Microfiche 601.