🥳We're so pleased to announce that two Salvation Army periodicals are now available on the British Newspaper Archive. 'The War Cry' for 1879-1985 & 'The Social Gazette' for its entire run of 1893-1917. A total of more than 70,000 pages! 🙌 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/BL/war-cry 🔒

This #MapMonday we’re back in #Belfast in the second half of the 19th century Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 17 Belfast part II 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle was published by the @ria.ie in 2007 1/5

Discover our free guide ‘AGI Census 1926’ and start preparing for this historic census release: accreditedgenealogists.ie/wp-content/u...

Intro to Researching at the National Library of Ireland 📅 Thursday, 23 April at 1pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/intro-researching-national-library-ireland Join us for this free talk in the NLI's Joly Theatre introducing the National Library as a source for research.

Did you know you can apply for a Reader's Ticket for the National Library of Ireland by using our online application form?: https://rtickets.nli.ie 🖥️ Learn more here: https://www.nli.ie/visit/readers-ticket

Check out our 80th anniversary archive…

IGRS Top Research Tip #202: 2026 is the IGRS’ 90th anniversary - checkout our 2016 80th anniversary archive of stories about favourite Irish born ancestors (it’s free): www.irishancestors.ie/igrs-80th-an...

The 2026 IGRS Annual General Meeting and lecture is to be held via Zoom on Saturday, 16th May, 2026 at 2pm (GMT (or UTC) +1). Follow link for more details. Not yet an IGRS member? Join today: www.irishancestors.ie/membership-b... Link for AGM details: www.irishancestors.ie/igrs-agm-2026

IGRS Top Research Tip #202: 2026 is the IGRS’ 90th anniversary - checkout our 2016 80th anniversary archive of stories about favourite Irish born ancestors (it’s free): www.irishancestors.ie/igrs-80th-an...

BOOK GIVEAWAY! Win one of two free signed copies of Cal McCarthy's Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution - just like, repost or comment here on Bluesky ( anything at all really- I'm not picky) AND follow us. No purchase necessary, will ship to Ireland, UK and EU. #booksky #speirgorm

Ink & Innovation - visit the @rialibrary.bsky.social exhibition showcasing some of the earliest printed books produced in Europe. Find out about ground-breaking developments in printing technology and the development of the profession in the 15th century. Info & opening hours: shorturl.at/vYvgX

Ancestors buried in north Antrim area? Here ye go…

A new national census of Nonconformist chapels across Wales has been launched, in a bid to build the most comprehensive picture in over a century of their condition, use and future wp.me/p8Mk4U-1iH4

Excellent news for the field www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Wishing you a blissful Bank Holiday Monday! 👒 Pictured here, a group of children, dressed in what appears to be their Sunday best, relax together in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, Co. Antrim: https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000324685

Discover our free guide ‘AGI Census 1926’ and start preparing for this historic census release: accreditedgenealogists.ie/wp-content/u...

Ancestors buried in north Antrim area? Here ye go…

IGRS Top Research Tip #201: If your ancestors came from the greater Ballymena area of Co Antrim, then you’ll be interested in these 17th to 20th century gravestone inscriptions: www.exploreyourroots.co.uk

Harcourt Road, Dublin City, Co. Dublin, probably March 1912; https://ow.ly/jLGx50YsNAx There’s a lot going on here: pedestrians, trams, horse and cart, a pony, and even a rather stylish early motor car — all sharing this busy Dublin junction more than 110 years ago.

🌟 Join our team: @heritagecouncil.ie/@nlireland.bsky.social #Conservation Internship 2026 🌟 ➡️ More info about the role + application form: www.nli.ie/about-us/wor... 📅 Please note that the closing date for receipt of applications is 10th April 2026, at 3pm. #jobfairy

Wonderful blog from the @notredame.bsky.social Medieval Institute on our Deeds of the Guild of Saint Anne collaboration with @rialibrary.bsky.social + @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social 😀 👉 www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/g... medieval.nd.edu/news-events/... @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the publication of our first quarterly newsletter LifeLines: News from the Dictionary of Irish Biography. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang... And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...

IGRS Top Research Tip #201: If your ancestors came from the greater Ballymena area of Co Antrim, then you’ll be interested in these 17th to 20th century gravestone inscriptions: www.exploreyourroots.co.uk

Introducing the IGRS’ new short video, now available to view free on our website. www.irishancestors.ie Click on > to left of V for Vimeo sign bottom right to get a row of symbols, includig the one for expanding to full screen.

Introducing the IGRS’ new short video, now available to view free on our website. www.irishancestors.ie Click on > to left of V for Vimeo sign bottom right to get a row of symbols, includig the one for expanding to full screen.

IGRS Top Research Tip #200: Interested in the oral history and folklore of Co. Clare? This site is collecting, preserving and safeguarding such material from across the county: clarememories.ie

IGRS Top Research Tip #199: Do you have ancestors who served in the Coastguard in Ireland? This is a list of Coastguard stations and their locations operating in Ireland in the years 1827 to 1848: www.swilson.info/m/cgstat1845...

#DIBLives Armed with a blunderbuss, a brace of pistols, and a dagger, highwayman William Crotty (d. #OTD 1742) was a deadly shot with both hands. He was popular with the people of Waterford who claimed he killed only in self-defence & shared his spoils with the poor. www.dib.ie/biography/cr...

On this day in 1680, Robert Ramsay became the vicar of Rathcline, Co. Longford. Find out about other early ministers of this parish in the Journals: tinyurl.com/rams1680 Learn about the Journals at MemsDead.com #OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Longford

IGRS Top Research Tip #199: Do you have ancestors who served in the Coastguard in Ireland? This is a list of Coastguard stations and their locations operating in Ireland in the years 1827 to 1848: www.swilson.info/m/cgstat1845...

It’s that time of year again. Enter our free St Patrick’s Day draw…details below.

On this day in 1776, William Owen died. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Coad, Killinaboy, Co. Clare, in the Journals: tinyurl.com/owen1776 Learn about the Journals at MemsDead.com #OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Clare

It’s that time of year again. Enter our free St Patrick’s Day draw…details below.

IGRS Top Research Tip #198: Ancestors from Co Kildare? Registers for twenty of its municipal burials are now held by the county’s archives service and so far 16 been digitised: kildarecoco.ie/library/Kild...

It’s that time of year again. Enter our free St Patrick’s Day draw…details below.

**IGRS St Patrick’s Day Draw 2026** Enter our free draw today!

**IGRS St Patrick’s Day Draw 2026** Enter our free draw today!

**IGRS St Patrick’s Day Draw 2026** It’s nearly St Patrick’s Day: win a free IGRS membership and a free online genealogy advice session with one of our highly experienced genealogists. Click on the link to read more and to enter the draw… www.irishancestors.ie/paddy-day-dr...

**IGRS St Patrick’s Day Draw 2026** It’s nearly St Patrick’s Day: win a free IGRS membership and a free online genealogy advice session with one of our highly experienced genealogists. Click on the link to read more and to enter the draw… www.irishancestors.ie/paddy-day-dr...

IGRS Top Research Tip #197: PRONI’s Historic Environment online map viewer for Northern Ireland allows users to search, browse, or navigate to a particular area to view maps and explore local heritage: www.communities-ni.gov.uk/services/his...

In 2006 I told the late (great) Prof. Ray Gillespie that I wanted to publish every surviving scrap from the 1766 religious census, by 2016. I missed the 🎯by 10 yrs, but 😃 to report that on the 260th anniv. it's done. Everything, >50k names & population details, now online. @maynoothuniversity.ie

A 260th Birthday Present from Ireland's first census 🥳 🎁 This detailed map shows parishes with surviving names or population numbers. Some parishes have a handful of names - others have hundreds! www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/1... New user? See Help Page www.virtualtreasury.ie/help 👀 ALT

Mixed marriages in1766. Lea parish, Queen’s Co (Laois) had 145 Protestant households. The lost list of 'Papists' ran to several pages. Only the names of 15 ‘mongrels or mixed families’ survived, in Rev. Michael Comerford's history of Kildare and Leighlin. virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-CE... 👀 ALT

Newchapel, Co. Tipperary A wonderful 1766 census return! Rev. F.S.Thomas lists names, marital status and even servants and non-family members. This sheet was beautifully conserved by Jessica Baldwin, National Archives Ireland. virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP... @tipperarylive.bsky.social 👀 ALT 👍️

Prudence Riddle, Elizabeth Hagan, Grace Lascells, Deborah Milligan. Most 1766 census records for Co. Down were lost in 1922, but this transcript for Castlewellan records some names of adult women, and not just 'elite' women. A rarity in the census returns! virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-CE.... 👀 ALT

Long thought lost this transcript of the 1766 census for Inchigeelagh Co. Cork was generously made available though the VRTI by Cumann Staire Uíbh Laoire/Ballingeary and Inchigeelagh Historical Society. virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-CE.... @johncreedon.bsky.social @corkbeo.bsky.social 👀 ALT

Ballymore parish, Co. Armagh A rare surviving original census return! 🤩 But - instead of listing 901 names Rev. Sacheverell only sent 615 Protestant families 206 Popish (Catholic) families '2 reputed Popish priests' 😩 virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-CE... virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-IHP... 👀 ALT

IGRS Top Research Tip #196: Were any of your ancestors part of the 17th century plantation of Ulster? The Ulster Settlers Database brings together a variety of surviving sources which identify many of the early settlers: ulster-settlers.maynoothuniversity.ie