Irish family history?

Are you searching for ancestors in Ireland? If so, don’t miss part 1 of Mary Evans’ series covering Irish family history websites, in the June issue of Family Tree. This issue covers 125 essential websites for tracking down folk in Ulster, and to find out more, check out the reading list below.

• A Guide to Tracing Your Donegal Ancestors by Helen Meehan and Godfrey H Duffy
• The Donegal Awakening by Liam Ó Duibhir
• Donegal and the Civil War: The Untold Story by Liam Ó Duibhir
• That Unearthly Valley: A Donegal Childhood by Patrick McGinley
• The Last of the Name by Charles McGlinchey
• The Siege of Derry 1689: The Military History by Richard Doherty
• Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871 Lists of Passengers Sailing from Londonderry to America compiled by Brian Mitchell
• Atlantic Gateway: The Port and City of Londonderry Since 1700 edited by Robert Gavin, William P Kelly and Dolores O’Reilly
• Thunder and Clatter: History of Shipbuilding in Derry by Gerald Hasson
• The Glens of Antrim – Their Folklore and History by Michael Sheane
• The Giant’s Causeway and the North Antrim Coast by Philip Watson
• A Century of Belfast by Vivienne Pollock
• Belfast: A History by William A Maguire
• Paperboy: An Enchanting True Story of a Belfast Paperboy Coming to Terms with the Troubles by Tony Macaulay
• Made in Belfast by Trevor Parkhill and Vivienne Pollock
• The Wonder Working Canal – A History of Tyrone Navigation by Thomas McIlvenna
• Fermanagh’s Railways: A Photographic Tribute by Charles P Friel
• The History of the County of Monaghan by Evelyn Phil Shirley
• The Plight of the Monaghan Protestants 1912-26 by Terence Dooley
• Researching Ancestors in Co Armagh by Ian Maxwell
• Armagh and the Great War by Colin Cousins
• A Different South Armagh by Christine Toner
• Armagh: History and Guide by Ian Maxwell
• Down: History and Guide by Ian Maxwell
• Cavan: Essays on the History of an Irish County by Raymond Gillespie

The June issue is on sale from 18 May. In the July issue we’ll be covering Connaught, with Leinster and Munster to follow in the August and September issues.