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"A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" to the website of the Genealogical Society of Ireland which was established to promote an interest in genealogy in Ireland by organising Open Meetings, lectures, workshops and publishing genealogical material.
The Cathaoirleach (Chairperson) of the Genealogical Society of Ireland now invites you to join our Society and get involved in the research and work in resolving the queries surrounding your own Irish roots. You owe it to yourself to do this and post your queries in the special section in the members’ only area. Our monthly gazette keeps you up to date with what is happening in Ireland and our annual journal is always a very interesting read.

I encourage you to visit our shop and see the many interesting booklets we have published, the work done in recording cemetery inscriptions and the memorials of the military personal stationed in Ireland. These you can easily order by using a credit card or paypal.

The Census of Ireland taken in 1901 and 1911 are now freely available on the website of the National Archives - it’s easy to make a start!

I am pleased to announce that the Society has moved into our new home at The Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Members are encouraged to visit and use the 8,500 item Archive by appointment with our Director of Archive Services Mr. Seamus O'Reilly ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

If you have some books, magazines etc with a genealogical theme  which you would like to donate to the Archive please contact me ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or any of the 12 Directors on the Board who will make arrangements to collect these items and bring them to the Archive.

I look forward to welcoming you as a new member this year.

Pádraic Ingoldsby, MGSI

Cathaoirleach.

13.07.2010. "Three Centuries of Irish Banking Crisis" - Tom Conlon

10.08.2010. "The Lawrence Photographic Collection in the National Library of Ireland" - Brian Siggings

14.09.2010. "Irish Newspaper Archives as a Resource for the Genealogist" - Philip Martin

12.10.2010. "The Medlar's Gotcha - the story of a Dublin Family" - Pol O Duibhir

09.11.2010. "Irish Convict Transportation - Damnation or Salvation?" - Sean Solan

14.12.2010. "1916 to 1921 Casualties" - Daithi O Corrain

Meetings are held in Dun Laoghaire College od Further Education, Cumberland Street commencing at 8:00 PM