How to Find Which Irish Port Your Ancestors Left From
Find out which Irish port your ancestors left from — Cobh, Derry, Dublin or Belfast — using free ship records and genealogy resources. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Find out which Irish port your ancestors left from — Cobh, Derry, Dublin or Belfast — using free ship records and genealogy resources. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Irish parish records are the most important genealogical source for tracing ancestors before 1864, with over 11 million records now freely searchable online — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
The story of OisĂn and TĂr na nĂ“g — the warrior poet who went to Ireland’s Land of Eternal Youth and returned to find 300 years had passed — is one of the most profound legends in Irish mythology. Get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
The Children of Lir is one of Ireland’s oldest and most heartbreaking myths. Discover the legend of King Lir’s four children, transformed into swans for 900 years across Ireland’s lakes — plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the Irish townland your ancestors called home. A step-by-step ancestry research guide for the 70 million people worldwide with Irish roots — all free resources included. Plus get weekly Ireland stories free in our newsletter.
There are stretches of the Irish coastline where old people will warn you not to look a seal in the eye. Not out of superstition …
On a hill above Dublin, visible on clear days from the city below, sits a roofless stone building that nobody has comfortably owned for 300 …
Before a rural Irish wedding, a formal letter went to every house in the parish. It was not an invitation — it was a notice. Discover the Irish bidding wedding tradition and the community debt it created.
Sean’s Bar in Athlone has been open since 900 AD. Discover why the world’s oldest pub is hidden in Ireland’s midlands — and how to visit it.
Discover the ancient legend of TĂr na nĂ“g — the Irish warrior who found eternal paradise and lost everything the moment he came home. A timeless story of longing.