Ireland History & Biography Records
By: Jean Rice
Peerage of Ireland Elected to Parliament
Surname: Nichols, Urban
Poem about Ireland - "The Gentleman's Magazine," London, England - 1800 :
Surname: Sinnot, Urban, Greenwood
The "Young Irelanders"
Surname: O'Brien, Smith, Meagher, MacManus, Bellew, Martin, Mitchel, O'Donoghue, Duffy, Blake, Dillon, Davis, O'Gorman, Doheny, McGee, Izod, O'Doherty, D'Arcy, Gavan
Resource for the Surname Barter - Ireland and Australia
Surname: Barter
"The Emigrant Irish" -- Eavan Boland
Surname: Boland
Irish Soldiers, San Patricio Battalion - Mexican-American War of 1845-47
Orphan Train Riders (USA)
Surname: Callaghan, Keefe, Flanagan, Douthit, Beavers, Applequist, Colowsky, Comstock
WWII U.S.S. "Mason" Veterans Return to Ireland
Surname: Roberts, Graham, Banks, Peters, DuFauon, Kelly, Kennedy, Smith, Graham, Morrison
"The Stare's Nest by My Window" - William Butler Yeats
Surname: Yeats
Little Known Resource - USA County Marriage Applications - Info. on Parents of Bride & Groom
Surnames Derived from Nicknames
Surname: Pollard, Luttrell, Mortell, Purcell, Ferriter, Bossher, Busher, Savage, Grace, Dollard, Codd, Cott, Magner, Magnier, Russell, Keating, Shortall, Sherlocke, Blake, le Blond, White, Keating, Woulfe, Browne
Resource: Commonwealth War Graves Commission - WWI and WWII UK-Connected Deaths
Griffith's Valuation, Ireland - Other Resources
Surname: Griffith
Famine Female Orphans to Yass, New South Wales, Australia (1850)
Surname: Strutt, O'Brien
Famine-Related Resources - Irish Folklore Dept., University College, Dublin :
Surname: Bairead, Burke, Corduff, Delaney, Gaynor, MacEnri, Morna, Mulcahy, Murphy, O'Brian, O'Byrne, O'Connor, O'Donnell, O'Dubhda, O'Heochaidh, O'Keefe, O'Neill, O'Reilly, O'Sullivan, Wade, Walsh, Dorian, Schrier
Newspapers, Journals, Periodicals - 1845-1848
Surname: Saunder, Gardiner, Thom
Irish Immigration, Grosse Ile, Canada >> Maine, and Boston, Mass (1829-30s)
MacBride's Brigade - Irish Commandos in the Anglo-Boer War (South Africa)
Surname: MacBride
Irish Men and Women in the Second World War
Surname: Magennis
Biographical Books (1999)
Surname: Plunkett, Gifford, MacDonagh, Butler, Desmond, Mahon, Frantz, L'Estrange, Browne, Wogan, Clarke
Contributions of the Irish in America
Surname: Drew, Shannon, O'Neill, Barrymore, Hayes, Hampden, Sullavan, Tracy, Fitzgerald, McLaglen, Dowling, Power, Crosby, Kelly, Carney, Gleason, Barry, Connelly, O'Keefe, Saint-Gaudens, Colum, Kilmer, Farrell, O'Hara, Murphy, O'Dwyer, Dwyer, Halloran, Sullivan, Stack, Smith, Kennedy
The Surname MacLysaght
Surname: MacLysaght, Lycette
The Book of Kells
Surname: Jones
Born to Paint: The Clarke Family of Artists
Surname: Clarke, Crilly, McGonigal, McQuaid, O'Brien, Jellett, Orpen
Were your Irish Ancestors Quakers?
Surname: Abbot, Abell, Adair, Alexander, Allen, Baker, Banfield, Banks, Barclay, Barcroft, Barnes, Barrington, Beale, Bell, Bennis, Bewley, Birkett, Boake, Boardman, Boles, Bowles, Brocklesby, Browett, Butler, Calvert, Carleton, Carroll, Chandlee, Chapman, Chaytor, Cherry, Christy, Church, Clark, Clibborn, Cole, Cooper, Cotter, Courtenay, Creeth, Davis, Dawson, Deaves, Devonshire, Dickinson, Dillon, Dobbs, Douglas, Doyle, Druitt, Duckett, Dudley, Edmondson, Edmundson, Elley, Eustace, Evans, Eves, Fairbrother, Fayle, Fennell, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, Fitt, Forbes, Fox, Fuller, Gamble, Garratt, Garnett, Gatchell, Glynn, Goff, Goffe, Going, Goodbody, Gough, Green, Greer, Gribble, Grubb, Hall, Halliday, Handy, Hancock, Hanks, Harris, Harvey, Hatton, Haughton, Haydock, Heritage, Hewson, Hill, Hillary, Hogg, Hoope, Hoowe, Hudson, Hughes, Humphries, Hutchinson, Inman, Jackson, Jaffray, Jellicoe, Jenkinson, Jessop, King, Knott, Lamb, Leadbeater, Lecky, Lucas, Lynas, Maquillan, Malcolmson, Malone, Manders, Manliffe, Manly, Mark, Martin, Mason, Medcalf, Meyers, Miller, Milner, Moore, Morris, Morrison, Moss, Mullin, Murphy, Murray, Neale, Nevins, Newbold, Newenham, Newsom, Nicholson, Noble, O'Brien, O'Callaghan, Pattison, Pearce, Pearson, Peet, Penn, Penrose, Perry, Petticrew, Phelps, Philips, Pike, Pillar, Pim, Poole, Rhodes, Richardson, Ridgway, Roberts, Robinson, Rooke, Russell, Sandwith, Scott, Shackleton, Sikes, Simmons, Sinton, Smith, Smithson, Sparrow, Stephens, Stott, Strangeman, Strettell, Taylor, Thacker, Thomas, Thompson, Todhunter, Tolerton, Trapnell, Turner, Turtle, Unthank, Uprichard, Wakefield, Walker, Walpole, Walsh, Wardell, Waring, Watson, Webb, Wheddon, White, Whitfield, Whitten, Wigham, Wight, Wilcocks, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Wright, Woodcock, Woods,
Wyle
Resource: Photographs, Data on Particular Irish Towns and Parishes - 1901, 1911, 1940s
Surname: Farrell
Irish Adoptees in Britain
Surname: Fahey
The Surname Nugent
Surname: Nugent, Nogent, Wynchedon, Winsedon, de Nugent, de Wynchedon
Ireland's South American Links
Surname: Field, Fehilly, O'Higgins, Higgins, O'Donoju, Magellan
Molly Maguires of Pennsylvania
Surname: Gowen, Pinkerton, Love, Gwyther, Hurley, Jamas, Doyle, Sanger, Uren, McAllister, Flynn, Devine, Kane, Keenan, Gavin, Reagan, Burns, O'Neill, Gallagher, Smith
John Roache, NYC Singer and Catalyst for Change (1870s)
Surname: Roache
Irish Victorian Jewelry
Surname: Hopkins
"Tha shein ukrosh" - Indeed the hunger
Surname: Bennett, Trevelyan, Monteagle, Hughes, Ingles
Journal - William Elyard, Surgeon Supt., "John Bull," Cork to Sydney, 1821 - (Irish Convict Record)
Surname: Elyard, Corlett, Lewis, Trevor, Cooper, Dipworth, Rechey, Wise, Moore, Weiss, Ryan, Montgomery, Piper, Erskine, Goulburn, Wemyss, Brisbane, Wade, O'Neill, Nolan, Bateson, von Mangerhausen, Burne, Hamilton
New York's Mrs. Asenath Nicholson's Travels in Ireland (1840s)
Surname: Nicholson, Musgrave, O'Connell
Irish Red Cross in France - WWII
Surname: Beckett
"Oh, Those Scots-Irish!!!!"
Surname: Logan, Agnew, Hamilton, Taggart, Crockett
New York's Branson de Cou's "Dream Pictures" of The Emerald Isle - 1930's :
Surname: de Cou, Heyder, Ray, MacDonagh, O Mahony, Mahony
Extensive Landlord - William S. Clements (1805-1878)
Surname: Clements, Burbage, McRann, O'Donnell, Gladstone, McElwee, Sheils, Leitrim
The Irish In America - Volunteer Fire Companies and Militia (1800s)
Poet - John O'Donohue
Surname: O'Donohue
Cloone Soup-Shop Poster, Co. Leitrim, IR - Famine, 1846
Surname: Hogg, Brennan, Crawford, Clements
"Polly Woodside," Irish Immigration Commemorative Stamp
Surname: Woodside
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart
Surname: Cullen
Civil War Era Letter - Emigrant from Dundalk, Co. Louth to the USA
Surname: Kelly, O'Kelly, Spalding, Sherwood, Young
William Butler Yeats - "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"
Surname: Yeats
"The Emergency" - WWII (1939-1945)
Surname: de Valera, McEntee, MacThomais
Ellis Island - "Isle of Tears"
Surname: La Guardia
Famine Memorial Site at Grosse Ile :
Surname: Douglas, Mills, Power, Robinson, Copps
British "Gentleman's Magazine": (1731-1907) - Important Events and Surname Indexes
Fr. Francis Mary Hegarty Browne - His Amazing Story
Surname: Browne, O'Donnell, Hegarty, Andrews, Harland, Wolff
Beautiful Celtic Revival Art
Surname: Lynch, Purser, Yeats, Hone
"Blackberry-Picking" - Seamus Heaney
Surname: Heaney
Famous O'Sullivans
Surname: O'Sullivan, Sullivan, O'Neill, Cronin, Gilbert, Corbett, Farrow, Coppola, Kilrain, Adler
Castle Garden - Immigration to NY between 1855 and 1890
Surname: Clinton, da Verrazano, Lind
Ellis Island Immigration Museum - Passenger Records, 1892-1924
"Suitcase"
Surname: O'Farrell
Saint Patrick's Church, Chicago - Beautiful Stained Glass Windows of Celtic Design
Surname: O'Shaughnessy, MacSwiney, Boru
"Theresa's Friends"
Surname: Creeley
"Londonderry Journal" ( 1770s-1780s)
Surname: Douglas, Rispan, French, Archdale, Duffe, Darcy, Donnelan, O'Brien, Irwin, Benson, Cox, Baillie, Saunders, Perier, Powerscourt, Wiley, Desart, Brown, Lecky, Mannin, Connor, Hamilton, Cary, Fitzgerald, Keenan, M'Keferty, O'Flinn, Cunningham, Shearer, Lawler, Griffin, Ohagan, Ferris, Piers, Gordon, Kennedy, Shiel, Cockran, Crilly, Cunningham, Wandesford, Creighton, Erne, Ash, Lockart, Wilson, Cook, Delap, Watt, Tiernan, Craddock, Power, Mulhollen, M'Carthy, Hickey, Grierson, Law, Coll, M'Award, Sherlock, Armstrong, Read, Carr, Denning, Savage, Brabazon, Sproul, Cook, King, Ledlie, Dunn, Quin, Roe, Moran, Casey, Penninton, Dudgeon, Harrold, Kelly, Whelan, Stapleton, Carney, Murray, Field, Devatt, Keating, Robinson, Maxwell, Ringland, Keenan, M'Kinley, Cassidy, Monaghan, Faulkner, Burden, M'Hendry, Washington, Riverston, Cooke, Mulhollen, Savage, M'Carthy
Ireland - Provinces and Counties and Some Irish History Highlights
A Country Child's Christmas
Surname: Taylor
Lament from Donegal - (1739)
Surname: O'Donnell
"A Piper" - Seumas O'Sullivan (1879-1958)
Surname: O'Sullivan, Fowler
Playwright Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)
Surname: O'Casey
The "Macedonian and "Jamestown" - Carrying Relief Rations to the Famine Poor
Surname: Forbes
Surname - Gough/Goff
Surname: Gough, Goff
Surname - Williamson
Surname: Williamson, Williams, Willihelm
Early Account Records - Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, New York/ Irish Emigrant Society
Surname: Egan, Quinn
Records - New York City's Nursery and Child's Hospital (1854-1934)
Surviving the Iceberg, a Heroic Rescue - Famine Immigrants
Surname: Shaw, Fitzroy, Morse, Marshall
Story of Medicine and Disease in Ireland
Surname: Aikenhead, Swift, Wilde
"The Women of 1798"
Surname: Tone, McCracken, Conolly, Dolan, Fitzgerald, Redmond
Surname - Ahearn, Aherne, Ahern
Surname: Ahearn, Aherne, Ahern, FitzGerald
Denis Mulcahy, NYPD - "Project Children"
Surname: Mulcahy
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Irish Women's Franchise League (1908) - Biography :
Surname: Skeffington, Sheehy, Kettle, Cruise, O'Brien
Irish Narratives
Surname: Reynolds, Waters, Casey
Immigrant Irish Labourers in Britain - "I Could Read the Sky"
Surname: O'Grady, Pyke
Victory for Justice - Sprightly Centenarian, William Geary
Surname: Geary, O'Donoghue
Irish School of Medicine
Surname: Corrigan, Cheyne, Stokes, Adams, Colles, Smith, Bennet, Houston, Wilde, Rynd, Crampton, McDonnell, Coakley, Jacob
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC)
Surname: Herlihy, Larkin
Irish in Queensland, Australia - "Pushing Up Shamrocks"
Surname: O'Lorcain, Farrelly, Fay, Fearon, Feehan, Feehely, Feely, Feeney, Ferricks, Fegan, Fell, Fennelly, Fenton, Ferguson, Fermoyle, Ferricks, Ferris, Fetherston, Fielding, Fihelly, Finglas, Finlay, Finn, Finnerty, Finney, Finnigan, Fisher, Fitzalan, Molloy, Hind, O'Connor, Galletly, Matheson, Crane, Kerwick, McClelland, Bull, Hansen, McPherc
Pentony (de Repenteny) Surname
Surname: Pentony, deRepenteny, Ridley, Campbell, Graham
Unusual Surname - Bowler
Surname: Bowler
Women Scientists and Pioneers
Surname: Delap, Clerke, Longfield, Ball
Fossett's Circus
Surname: Fossett, Powell
Lawless Surname
Surname: Lawless, Lillis
Plunkett Surname
Surname: Plunkett, Plucknett, Plumkett
The O'Brien Sept
Surname: O'Brien, Brien, O'Byrne, Brian, Bryan, MacBryan, MacBrine
Hewitt
Surname -- Poet John Hewitt (1907-87), Co. Antrim/Co. Armagh
Surname: Hewitt, Hew, Hiewett
Charles
Gavan Duffy - "The Nation," Newspaper of the Young Irelanders
Surname: Duffy, Davis, Dillon, Mitchel, Meagher
Seamus
Heaney, Mossbawn, Co. Derry - Nobel Prize, Literature (1995)
Surname: Heaney, Devlin
James
Magennis, Belfast IRE/Bradford ENG - Royal Navy WWII, Winner of Victoria Cross
Surname: Magennis, Whetstone, Gould, Maginnis, Fleming
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