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Title

Author

Call Number

Notes

All-Ireland Heritage

D. R. H. Associates

R941.5/A416

Periodical; miscellaneous
issues

Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland

Papworth, John W.

R929.8/P218A

 

American Irish: A History

Kenny, Kevin

R973.0491/K36A

 

Armagh Families

Strothers, Thomas

Q941.661/S888A

 

At the Ford of the Birches: The History of Ballybay, Its People and Vicinity

Murnane, James H. & Peadar Murnane

941.697/M977A

 

Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape

Allen, F. H. A. et al

R941.5/A881

 

Bibliography of Irish Family History

MacLysaght, Edward

941.5/M166B

 

Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee's Past

Kelly, Liam et al

R941.96/K29B

 

Book of Irish Americans

Griffin, William D.

973.049/G852B

 

Book of Irish Families

O' Laughlin, Michael C.

R929.42/O42B

 

Book of Irish Names: First, Family & Place Names

Coghlan, Ronan et al

929.4/C676B

 

British Sources for Irish History, 1485-1641

Donovan, Brian C. and David Edwards

941.5/D687B

 

Castlemagner Parish, County Cork, Ireland

 

Q941.95/C353

 

Celtic Book of Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Conway, D. J.

R929.409/C767C

 

Celtic Knot

 

R941.5/C394

Periodical; miscellaneous
issues

Census Index: Ireland, 1831-1841

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #197

 

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia

Chalkley, Lyman

R975.591/C436C

3 vols.

Cill Slar Kilglas: The Church by the Stream

Carroll, P. J.

941.5/C319C

 

Civil Survey, A. D. 1654-1656

Stationary Office for the Irish Manuscripts Commission

330.9415/C582

 

Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland

Cairney, C. Thomas

R941.5/C136C

 

County and City of Cork Post Office General Directory, 1842-3

 

941.9501/C855

 

County Antrim, Ireland 1851 Census (Fragments): Transcription and Index

Masterson, Josephine

R941.612/M423C

  

County Longford and Its People: An Index to the 1901 Census for County Longford

Leahy, David

941.812/L434C

  

County Longford Survivors of the Great Famine

Leahy, David

R941.812/L434C and 941.812/L434C

 

Destiny of the Scotch-Irish: An Account of a Presbyterian Migration, 1720-1853

Porter, H. Leonard

941.697/P845D

 

Dictionary of Irish Family Names

Grehan, Ida

R929.42/G818D

 

Directory of Irish Archives

Helferty, Seamus and Raymond Refausse

R941.5/D598

 

Directory of Irish Family History Research

Ulster Genealogical & Historical Guild

Q941.6/D598

 

Discovering Your Irish Ancestors

Radford, Dwight A. and Kyle J. Betit

R929.1/R128G

 

Donegal Presbyterians: A Scots-Irish Congregation in Pennsylvania

MacMaster, Richard K.

R974.815/M167D

 

Early Irish Settlers in St. Louis Missouri and Dogtown Neighborhood, 1798-2000

Brunsmann, Sandra M.

R977.866/B899E and Q977.866/B899E

 

Eire-Ireland

Irish American Cultural Institute

R941.5/E35I

Periodical; miscellaneous issues

EIREphile

Morris, Andrew J.

R941.5/E35

Periodical; vols. 1-6 only

Emerald Isle in Maps

Library of Congress

Q941.5/E53

 

Emigrants from Derry Port, 1847-49

Baker, Dessie

R941.6081/P839

 

Emigrants from Ireland, 1847-1852

Ellis, Eilish

R941.5081/E47E

 

Encyclopedia of the Irish in America

Glazier, Michael

R973.049/E56

 

Essays in Scotch-Irish History

Green, E. R. R.

941.6/E78

 

Families of County Cork Ireland

O'Laughlin, Michael C.

R941.95/O42F

 

Families of County Dublin Ireland

O'Laughlin, Michael C.

R941.83/O42F

 

Families of County Galway Ireland

O'Laughlin, Michael C.

R941.74/O42F

 

Families of County Kerry, Ireland

O'Laughlin, Michael C.

R941.96/O42F and 941.96/O42F

 

Families of County Limerick Ireland

O'Laughlin, Michael C.

R941.94/O42F

 

Family Names of County Cork

O'Murchadha, Diarmuid

929.42/O57

 

Family Ties in England, Scotland, Wales, & Ireland

Reid, Judith P.

R929.1/R356F

 

Famine Immigrants: Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851

Glazier, Ira A.

R929.3/F198 and 929.3/F198

7 vols.

Finding Your Irish Ancestors

Mitchell, Brian

R941.5/M681F

 

Full Circle: A Story of Ballybay Presbyterians

Nesbitt, David

941.697/N458F

 

Gallon: The History of Three Townlands in County Tyrone from the Earliest Times to the Present

Bradley, William John

941.6/B811G

 

Genealogical Atlas of Ireland

Gardner, David E. et al

R941.5/G226G

 

Genealogical Research in Ireland

Falley, Margaret D.

Q941.5/F195G

 

General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland

 

R941.5/G326 and 941.5/G326

 

General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales

Burke, Bernard

R929.6/B959G and 929.6/B959G

 

Glories of Ireland

Dunn, Joseph and P. J. Lennox

R941.5/D923G

 

Going to Ireland: A Genealogical Researcher's Guide

Irvine, Sherry and Nora M. Hickey

R929.1/I72G and 929.1/I72G

 

Gravestone Inscriptions: County Antrim

Clarke, R. S. J.

941.612/G776

Volume 1 only

Gravestone Inscriptions: County Down

Clarke, R. S. J.

941.656/C599G

16 vols.

Guide to Copies & Abstracts of Irish Wills

Clare, Wallace

R941.5/C591G

 

Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards

Mitchell, Brian

Q941.5/M681G

 

Guide to Irish Parish Registers

Mitchell, Brian

R941.5/M681G and Q941.5/M681G

 

Guide to Irish Quaker Records, 1654-1860

Goodbody, Olive C.

R941.5/G646G

 

Guide to Irish Roots

Durning, William and Mary Durning

R941.5/D963G

 

Guide to Irish Surnames

MacLysaght, Edward

929.4/M166G

 

Guide to Tracing Your Dublin Ancestors

Ryan, James G. and Brian Smith

941.835/R988G

 

Guide to Tracing Your Kerry Ancestors

O'Connor, Michael H.

941.96/O18G

 

Handbook of the United Diocese of Down & Connor & Dromore

Ewart, Lavens M.

R941.6/E94H

 

Handbook on Irish Genealogy

 

R929.1/H236 and 929.1/H236

 

History of the Irish Settlers in North America from the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850

McGee, Thomas d'Arcy

R973.004/M145H and 973.004/M145H

 

History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway

Hardiman, James

R941.745/H262H

 

How and Where to Research Your Ethnic-American Cultural Heritage: Irish Americans

Reed, Robert D.

R929.1/R325H

 

If You're a Wee Bit Irish: A Chart of Old Irish Families

O'Duirnin, Ulliam

R941.5/D963I and 941.5/D963I

 

Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750

Myers, Albert Cook

R974.8/M996I and 974.8/M996I

 

Immigration Records: Scotch-Irish Settlers In America, 1500s-1800s

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #276

 

In Search of Your British & Irish Roots

Baxter, Angus

R929.1/B355I and 929.1/B355I

 

Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #188

 

Index to the Act or Grant Books, and to Original Wills, of the Diocese of Dublin [c.1638] to the Year 1800

Ireland Public Record Office

941.835/I65I

 

Index to the Parish Register of Drung & Larah, Diocese of Kilmore, County Cavan, Ireland

Hillman, Carol D. M.

Q941.698/H654I

 

Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536-1810

Vicars, Arthur

941.5/V629I

 

Indexes to Irish Wills

Phillimore, W. P. W.

R941.5/P556I and 941.5/P556I

 

Inside Ireland

 

R941.5/I59

Periodical; miscellaneous issues

Intermarriage in Ireland, 1550-1650

Jackson, Donald

941.5/J12I

 

International Land Records: Irish Flax Grower's List, 1796

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #271

 

International Land Records: Tithe Applotment Books of Ireland, 1823-1838

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #262

 

Ireland 1831 Census Index

Jackson, Ronald Vern

R941.62/J13I

2 vols.

Ireland 1841 Census Index

Jackson, Ronald Vern

R941.698/J13I

 

Ireland and Irish Emigration to the New World from 1815 to the Famine

Adams, William Forbes

941.508/A219I

 

Ireland to Minnesota: Stories from the Heart

Hibernians of Minnesota

Q977.6/I65

 

Ireland, Volume 1

Heritage Books Archives

CD #HB1420

 

Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland)

Masterson, Josephine

R941.6/M423I

 

Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Republic of Ireland)

Masterson, Josephine

R941.7/M423I

 

Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry

MacLysaght, Edward

R929.72/O36I

 

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research

Falley, Margaret D.

R929.1/F195I and 929.1/F195I

2 vols.

Irish Book of Arms

O'Laughlin, Michael C.

Q941.5/O42I

 

Irish Church Records

Ryan, James G.

R941.5/I68

 

Irish Emigrants in North America

Dobson, David

R973.0491/D635I

parts 1, 2, & 3

Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839

Mitchell, Brian

R941.6081/M681I and 941.6081/M681I

 

Irish Families: Their Names, Arms, and Origins

MacLysaght, Edward

R929.2/M166I

 

Irish Family Links

Irish Genealogical Association

R941.5/F1981

Periodical; miscellaneous issues

Irish Family Names

O'Donovan, Peadar

929.4/O26I

 

Irish Family Names Society Newsletter

Irish Family Names Society

(on range 3A)

Periodical; miscellaneous issues; ask at desk

Irish Family Names with Origins, Meanings, Clans, Arms, Crests and Mottoes

Kelly, Patrick

R929.4/K29I and 929.4/K29I

 

Irish Family Names: Highlights of 50 Family Histories

Grehan, Ida

R929.4/G823I

 

Irish Family Research Made Simple

Collins, E. J.

R929.1/C712I

 

Irish Genealogist

Irish Genealogical Research Society

R941.5/I68

Periodical; vols. 2-8 and miscellaneous issues

Irish Genealogy: A Reference Aid

Mitchell, Brian

R941.5/M681I and Q941.5/M681I

 

Irish Gravestone Inscriptions: A Guide to Sources in Ulster

O'Kane, William and Eoin Kerr

R941.6/I68 and 941.6/I68

 

Irish Heritage Links

Irish Heritage Association

R941.5/F1982

Periodical; miscellaneous issues

Irish Immigrants in Nineteenth Century Ohio: A Database

Wolf, Donna M.

R977.1/W853I and Q9771./W853I

 

Irish in Dakota

Kemp, David

R978.3/K32I

 

Irish in South Carolina

Tobin, William A.

975.7/T629I

 

Irish in the South: 1815-1877

Gleeson, David T.

R975.0049/G555I

 

Irish Marriages: Being an Index to the Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771 to 1812

Farrar, Henry

R941.5/F242I

 

Irish Names and Surnames

Woulfe, Patrick

R929.4/W938I

 

Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806

Mitchell, Brian

R929.3/I68 and 929.3/I68

 

Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871

Mitchell, Brian

R929.3/I68 and 929.3/I68

 

Irish Pedigrees

O'Hart, John

R941.5/O36I and 941.5/O36I

2 vols.

Irish Quaker Arrivals to Pennsylvania, 1682-1750

Myers, Albert Cook

974.8/M996I

 

Irish Rebellion of 1916 and Its Martyrs:Erin's Tragic Easter

Colum, Padraic et al

R941.5/C726I

 

Irish Records: Sources for Family & Local History

Ryan, James G.

R941.5/R988I and 941.5/R988I

 

Irish Refugee Tract Abstract Data and History of the Irish Accadians [sic]

Maxwell, Fay

R977.156/M465I

 

Irish Relatives and Friends from "Information Wanted" Ads in the Irish-American, 1850-1871

DeGrazia, Laura Murphy

929.3/D321I

 

Irish Scots and the "Scotch-Irish"

Linehan, John C.

973.049162/L754I

 

Irish Settlers in America

O'Brien, Michael J.

R973.049162/O13I and 973.049162/O13I

 

Irish Source Records, 1500s-1800s

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #275

 

Irish War

Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County

977.283/B968I

 

Irish-American Genealogist

Augustan Society

R941.5/I68A

#17-32 only

Jane's Letters from Ireland, 1884-1886

Frantz, Peter B.

941.508/F836J

 

Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society

American-Irish Historical Society

R973.049162/J86 and E184.I6A5

Periodical, vols. 1-14; 17-20; 29 and 30

Journey of Hope: The Story of Irish Immigration to America

Miller, Kerby and Patricia Mulholland Miller

R973.0491/M648J

 

Land Owners in Ireland

 

R941.5/L253 and Q941.5/L253

 

Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children Who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles

McKittrick, David et al

R941.60824/L88I

 

Marriages in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuam, Ireland, 1821-1829

Murphy, Helen M. and James R. Reilly

R941.5/M978M

 

National Index of Parish Registers

Steel, D. J.

941.5/S813N

Vols. 1-5; 9, part 4; 11, part 1;12

New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland

Mitchell, Brian

R941.5/M681N

 

Parish Maps of Ireland

Mitchell, Brian

R941.6/P233

 

Passenger and Immigration Lists: Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #257

 

Passenger and Immigration Lists: Irish to America, 1846-1865

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #357

 

Passenger and Immigration Lists: Irish to America, Volume 2, 1846-1886

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #264

 

Passenger Lists from Ireland

Hackett, J. Dominick and Charles Montague Early

R929.3/H121P and 929.3/H121P

 

Passengers from Ireland: Lists of Passengers Arriving at American Ports Between 1811 and 1817

Schlegel, Donald M.

R929.3/S339P and 929.3/S339P

 

Pennsylvania Genealogies; Scotch-Irish and German

Egle, William Henry

R974.8/E31P

 

Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers Humphery-Smith, Cecil R. R942/P556  

Pioneer Irish in New England

O'Brien, Michael J.

974/O13P

 

Plantation of Ulster

Robinson, Philip

941.6/R663P

 

Pocket Guide to Irish Genealogy

Mitchell, Brian

R929.1/M681P

 

Portrait of a Pious Bishop; or, the Life and Death of the Most Rev. Francis Kirwan, Bishop of Killala

Lynch, John

R941.73/L987P

 

Protestation Returns, 1641-1642

Gibson, Jeremy and Alan Dell

Q929.341/G449P

 

Registry of Deeds: Dublin, Abstracts of Wills

Eustace, P. Beryl

941.5/R337A

Vol. 1, 1708-1745; Vol. 2, 1746-1785

Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records for the years 1954-1959

Government of Northern Ireland Public Record Office

R941.6/N874R

 

Researching Armagh Ancestors

Maxwell, Ian

929.1072/M465R

 

Richard Griffith and His Valuations of Ireland

Reilly, James R.

R941.5/R362R

 

Saint Louis Irish

Dolan, Ellen Meara

R977.866/D659S and Q977.866/D659S

 

Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America

Bolton, Charles Knowles

941.6/B694S

 

Scotch-Irish

Durning, William and Mary Durning

R929.1/D963S

 

Scotch-Irish and Their First Settlements on the Tyger River and Other Neighboring Precincts in South Carolina

Howe, George

R975.7/H856S and F280.S4H8 1981

 

Scotch-Irish Family Research Made Simple

Campbell, R. G.

R929.1/C189S

 

Scotch-Irish in America

Ford, Henry Jones

R973.049/F699S

 

Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772

Stephenson, Jean

R975.7/S836S and 975.7/S836S

 

Scotch-Irish or The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America

Hanna, Charles A.

R941.6/H243S

2 vols.

Scotch-Irish: A Social History

Leyburn, James G.

R308.8/L682S and 308.8/L682S

 

Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee

Kennedy, Billy

976.8/K35S

 

Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725

Dobson, David

R941.507/D635S

Vol. 3

Scottish Migration to Ulster in the Reign of James I

Perceval-Maxwell, M.

941.6/P428S

 

Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot

Harris, Ruth-Ann M. and Donald M. Jacobs

R974.461/S439

 

Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot, 1831-1920

New England Historic Genealogical Society

CD #M42

 

Septs

Irish Genealogical Society, International

R941.5/S4793

Vols. 18-22 and miscellaneous issues

Simple Guide to Irish Genealogy

Clare, Wallace

R929.1/C622S

 

Sources for Irish Family History

Ryan, James G.

R941.5/R988S

 

Special Report on Surnames in Ireland

Matheson, Robert E.

R929.4/M427S and 929.4/M427S

 

St. Louis Irish: An Unmatched Celtic Community

Faherty, William Barnaby

R977.866/F157S and 977.866/F157S

 

Supplement to Irish Families

MacLysaght, Edward

Q929.2/M166S

 

Supplemental Report on Genealogical Research in Ireland

Falley, Margaret D.

Q941.5/F195S

 

Surnames of Ireland

MacLysaght, Edward

R929.4/M166S

 

Tombstones of the Omey

McGrew, William J.

R941.647/M147T

 

Topographical Dictionaries: Lewis' Gazetteers of England, Ireland, and Scotland

FamilyTreeMaker

CD #270

 

Townlands in Poor Law Unions

Handran, George

Q941.508/H236T

 

Tracing Your Cork Ancestors

McCarthy, Tony and Tim Cadogan

929.1/M123G

 

Tracing Your Limerick Ancestors Franklin, Margaret R941.94/F833G  

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors

Grenham, John

R929.1/G826T

 

Tracing Your Mayo Ancestors

Smith, Brian

929.1/S643G

 

Ulster Emigration to Colonial America, 1718-1775

Dickson, R. J.

941.5/D554U

 

Ulster Genealogical and Historical Guild Newsletter

Ulster Genealogical & Historical Guild

(on range 3A)

Periodical; miscellaneous issues; ask at desk

Ulster Sails West

Marshall, William F.

R973/049162/M369U and 973.049162/M369U

 

Visitation of Ireland

Howard, Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp

R941.5/H849V and 941.5/H849V

 

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