The earliest known Irish surname is O’Clery (O Cleirigh); it’s the earliest known because it was written that the lord of Aidhne, Tigherneach Ua Cleirigh, died in County Galway back in the year 916 ...

North Irish Roots Journal was first published in 1984 as a means of informing members of the work being done by the North of Ireland Family History Society (www.nifhs.org). Today, current membership ...

15 invaluable resources that will help you get started tracing your Irish roots online and bring the ancestral journey full circle on a trip to Ireland. For many of the 33 million Americans of Irish ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Why do so many Irish surnames begin with the letter O, why are there so many redheads in Ireland, and why are the Irish so darn witty? These and other questions are tackled in "We Are ...