The Irish Origenes website is designed specifically to show people with Irish ancestry how to use the results of a commercial ancestral DNA test to pinpoint where their Irish ancestors lived and it ...

In a Gael Linn booklet first published in 1998 and entitled Aspects of Our Shared History, the late lamented Aodán Mac Póilin asked the question: Can a surname tell you where your ancestors came from?

There are 607,735 people named Murphy in the world and most of them live in the United States. With fascinating illustrated snapshots like this it’s no wonder that the genealogy gathering site, ...

A list of the royal families in Ireland around 1515 has recently come to light, and can highlight whether you are likely to ...

Pontins discriminated against Travellers by drawing up a list of "undesirable" Irish surnames, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has found. The holiday camp operator committed "flagrant ...