CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE
MESSAGE FROM AN CATHAOIRLEACH
"A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" to the website of Ireland's most active genealogical organisation!
The Society was established in 1990 to promote the study of genealogy and related subjects as educational leisure pursuits available to all in the community irrespective of age, prior-learning, background or socio-economic circumstances. The Society promotes an interest in genealogy in Ireland by organising Open Meetings, lectures, workshops, publishing genealogical material and exhibiting at major relevant events in the Country.
As Cathaoirleach (Chairperson) of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, I now invite you to join our Society and to get involved in your personal family research and resolving the queries surrounding your own Irish roots. You owe it to yourself to do this and, of course, you should consider creating a lasting record of your family history research by publishing an article on the family or a particular member of the family in the Society's Annual Journal. Checkout the past issues of the Society's Journal by clicking here. Our monthly Gazette keeps you up to date with what is happening in Ireland and our annual journal is always a very interesting read. Past copies of the GSI Journal can be ordered through our on-line shop [currently under reconstruction]
I encourage you to visit the Society's shop or, in the meantime, to view the many interesting booklets that we have published by clicking here, 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.
Many of the articles and newsletters attached to this website are published in pdf format and will require the appropriate program to view these items. Adobe Reader is free to download here.
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! The Society has successfully campaigned to have the release of the 1926 Census of Ireland included in the new Programme for Government and hopes that the amending legislation will be introduced without delay. We are also delighted that the Programme for Government includes a commitment to amend the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 to provide a proper legal basis for Irish heraldic services since 1943.
The Society's Archives and Research Centre, An Daonchartlann, is located at the Carlisle Pier, Dún Laoghaire Harbour. Members are encouraged to visit and use the Society's Archives by appointment with our
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The Society's Archives & Research Centre is open every Wednesday from 10.30hrs to 16.30hrs (except 4th Weds. open at 13.00hrs) for visitors without appointment.
For information on the Society's new group project - Irish DNA Atlas - please checkout the 'Irish DNA Atlas Newsletter' which clearly outlines the objectives and methodology of this important All-Ireland project. Hopefully, members and friends from around the thirty-two counties of Ireland will paricipate in this exciting project which is conducted in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
The Irish DNA Atlas project is based at the Society's Archives & Research Centre, please see the opening times on our "Facebook" page which is accessible via the link on the top of this page.
The Twitter Newsfeed in the panel to the left provides up-dates from the Society's Facebook Page page. You can also follow the Society on Twitter on @GenSocIreland
As a totally independent genealogical organisation in Ireland and a registered educational charity, the Society is a strong advocate on behalf of its members on matters of public policy and legislation relating to genealogy, heraldry and heritage matters in Ireland and overseas.
Good luck with your research and I look forward to welcoming you as a Member of "Ireland's most active genealogical organisation".
Pádraic Ingoldsby, MGSI - Cathaoirleach.
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