The Library holds numerous genealogical sources that can be of help with family research. The list below gives a flavour of what we have available.

This includes, but not exclusively so, material on: general genealogy, family histories, surnames, Griffithโ€™s Valuations (1849-1864), censuses, tithes, gentry, Church of Ireland clergy, 1830s Ordnance Survey maps , parish histories, and local history.

Check our main catalogue for additional resources!

Object ID Title Related people Place Date Subject keywords
Object ID Title Related people Place Date Subject keywords
P002478044 Your Irish Ancestors. By J. Anderson Black J. Anderson Black (Author); Paddington Press (Publisher) New York (US); London (UK) 1974 Genealogy
P000191945 Burke's Irish Family Records Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (Editor); Burke's Peerage (Publisher) London (UK) 1976 Genealogy; Ireland
P00024495x Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke ... Edited by L.G. Pine ... Bernard Burke (Author); L.G. Pine (Editor); Burke's Peerage (Publisher) London (UK) 1958 Genealogy; Gentry; Heraldry; Ireland
P001136735 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Privy Council, and Order of Precedence. By the Late Sir Bernard Burk ... 1938 Coronation Honours (96th) Edition Bernard Burke (Author); Shaw Publishing ; Burke's Peerage (Publishers) London (UK) 1938 Genealogy; Heraldry; Nobility
P001150509 Clerical and parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, taken from diocesan and parish registries, MSS. in the principal libraries and public offices of Oxford, Dublin, and London, and from private or family papers, by W. Maziere Brady ... William Maziere Brady (Author); Alexander Thom (Printer) Dublin (Ireland) 1863 - 1864 Church of Ireland - History; Genealogy; Records
P001336718 The Familie of David, For the Sonnes of the Kingdome, With a Chronicle Unto Redemtion [In Hebrew and English, starts at back] (6 of 10) Hugh Broughton (Author); Zacharias Heyns (Publisher) Amsterdam (Netherlands) 1605 Genealogy, Biblical; Judaism - Controversy; Religious Controversy
P001343749 A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare, 1619. togther with their armes, Wives and Children, the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions. ... Ralph Brooke, Author (1553 - 1625); William Jaggard, Printer (1584 - 1623) London (UK) 1619 Genealogy; Inheritance and succession; Monarchy; Monarchy - succession; Nobility
P00154891x A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. By Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D. ... Edited by his sons. In two volumes. ... Eighth Edition Bernard Burke (Author); Ashworth P. Burke (Editor); Harrison & Sons (Publisher) London (UK) 1894 Genealogy; Heraldry; Nobility
P001548936 Family Records. By Ashworth P. Burke ... Ashworth P. Burke (Author); Harrison & Sons (Publisher) London (UK) 1897 Genealogy
P001548944 A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry by Sir Bernard Burke ... Bernard Burke (Author); Harrison & Sons (Publisher) London (UK) 1891 British Empire; Genealogy; Gentry
521079667 The Gladstones, A Family Biography. 1764-1851. Checkland, S.G., Author Cambridge 1971 Genealogy; Family Histories
951041800 Ways To Wealth: The Cust Family of Eighteenth Century Armagh Clarkson, L.A., Author; U.S.I.H.S., Publisher 1985 Genealogy; Family Histories
P001153192 Calendar of Ormond Deeds 1172-1350 A.D.; 1350-1413 A.D. Edited by Edmund Curtis ... Edmund Curtis (Editor); Irish Manuscripts Commission (Author); Stationery Office (Publisher) Dublin (Ireland) 1932 Genealogy; Irish History; Land ownership
P001153265 Irish Genealogical Guides. A guide to copies and extracts of Irish wills (First Series). Edited by the Rev. Wallace Clare ... Wallace Clare (Author); Sharman & Co. (Printer) March (UK) 1930 Genealogy; Ireland
P001153273 A Simple Guide to Irish Genealogy by the Rev. Wallace Clare ... Wallace Clare (Author); Geo. E.J. Coldwell (Publisher) London (UK) 1938 Genealogy; Ireland
P001156302 Testamentary Records of the Butler Families In Ireland. Wallace Clare, Author Peterborough (UK) 1932 Genealogy; Irish History; Wills
P001156922 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct Or Dormant George Edward Cokayne, Author; Vicary Gibbs, Editor London (UK) 1910 British history; Genealogy; Nobility
P001351644 A Genealogical History of the Royal and Illustrious Family of the Stewarts, from the year 1034 to the year 1710 ... to which are prefixed, fisrt [sic], a general description of the Shire of Renfrew ... and, secondly, a deduction of the noble and ancient families, proprietors there for upwards of 400 years, down to the present times ... George Crawfurd (Author); James Watson (Publisher) Edinburgh (UK) 1710 Genealogy; Monarchy
P001141976 The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes: Beautified with Maps, Prospects, and Portraictures. By Sir William Dugdale. The Second Edition, in Two Volumes, Printed from a Copy corrected by the Author himself, and with the Original Copper Plates. The whole revised, augmented, and continued down to this present Time; by William Thomas, D. D. Sometime Rector of Exhall, in the same County. With the Addition of several Prospects of Gentlemens Seats, Churches, Tombs, and new and correct Maps of the County, and of the s William Dugdale (Editor); John Osborne; Thomas Longman I (Publishers); Robert Gosling; William Ratten (Booksellers) London (UK) 1730 Antiquities; England; Genealogy; History
P001343285 The Peerage of Scotland, containing An Historical and Genealogical Account of the nobility of that Kingdom, from their origin to the present generation: ... Illustrated.With Copper-Plates Robert Douglas (Author); [s.n.] (Publisher); R. Fleming (Printer) Edinburgh (UK) 1764 Genealogy; Nobility; Scotland
P000239484 Some Anglicised Surnames In Ireland. By Padraig Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh Padraig Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh (Author); Gael Co-Operative Society (Publisher) Dublin (Ireland) 1923 Genealogy
P000297476 Supplement to Irish Families. By Edward MacLysaght ... Edward MacLysaght (Author); Helicon (Publisher) Dublin (Ireland) 1964 Genealogy
P000442484 A Guide to Irish Surnames. By Edward MacLysaght ... Edward MacLysaght (Author); Helicon (Publisher) Dublin (Ireland) 1964 Genealogy
P002478043 Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: the Complete Guide John Grenham (Author); Gill & Macmillan (Publisher) Dublin (Ireland) 1992 Genealogy
P001126462 A Help to English History; containing a Succession of all the Kings of England, the English, Saxons, and the Britons; the Kings and Princes of Wales; the Kings and Lords of Man: and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the Dukes, Marquises, Earls, and Bishops thereof. With the Descriptions of the Places from whence they had their Titles. Together with the Names and Ranks of the Viscounts, Barons, and Baronets, of England. By Peter Heylyn, D.D. Prebendary of Westminster. And since his Death continued, with great Additions, to the first Day of November, 1773. With the Coats of Arms of the Nobility, Peter Heylyn (Author); Charles Bathurst (Bookseller); John and Francis Rivington (Bookseller); John Whiston (Bookseller); Thomas Payne I (Bookseller); Thomas Davies (Bookseller); R. Horsfield (Bookseller); Mileson Hingeston (Bookseller); Richardson & Urquhart (Bookseller); John Almon (Bookseller); John Woodyer (Bookseller); Daniel Prince (Bookseller); G. Frost (Bookseller) London (UK) 1773 England; Genealogy; Nobility; Wales