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Leitrim Roscommon Genealogy Website contains much more than the title suggests, including Leitrim-Roscommon Townland Database, Griffith’s, 1890 Surname Distribution in Ireland, 1901 census material (see below) etc. Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy Web Site

1901 Census returns The 1901 census file now has almost 300,000 individuals for seven different counties: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Wexford and Westmeath, with Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo and Sligo complete, and other counties in the process of completion. Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy Web Site

Coats of Arms from Ireland and around the World . Featuring free coats of arms for over 8,000 surnames. Also includes valuable articles by various authors on Proto-Heraldry in Early Christian Ireland, Heraldry in Ireland, Gaelic Irish Heraldry and Heraldic Practice, The Coats of Arms of Irish Septs, ‘The Meaning ‘of Coats of Arms, Clans and Chieftains in Ireland, Mac and O in Irish Surnames, The Distortion of Irish Surnames, Irish Personal Names, Spurious Coats of Arms, The High Kings of Ireland, and The Royalty of Scotland. Eddie Geoghegan Coats of Arms

Dublin 1850 The site includes Old and new photos of inner-city Dublin, Mayors and Lord Mayors of Dublin, Shaw’s Dublin City Directory of 1850, Porter’s 1912 Directory of North County Dublin, Meanings of Irish Place names, Some Irish Slang.
Trish Loughman Dublin1850.com

Ireland’s History in Maps Its History, Geography, and Genealogy, with a Special Focus on Ancient and Medieval Irish Tribes and Septs Includes surnames, both Norman and Gaelic, in Irish and English. Dennis Walsh. Ireland’s History in Maps

Famine Orphans from Co Cork to Australia The following records of young girls sent to Australia between October, 1848 and August, 1850, are taken from Irish Famine Orphans in Australia by Valda Strauss, published 1993 in Volume 11 of the Mallow Field Club Journal. Material for this article was taken from the book Barefoot and Pregnant? by Trevor McClaughlin. Mallow Archaeological & Historical Society

Index of Mallow Names Maiden names are shown in parentheses. Ages of children are given where known. Dennis Ahern. Mallow Archaeological & Historical Society

Genealogical Society of Ireland was established to promote an interest in genealogy in Ireland by organising Open Meetings, lectures, workshops and publishing genealogical material. Includes backcopies of the Society’s Gazette downloadable as pdf files. Genealogical Society of Ireland

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