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Sources for Research in Irish Genealogy :
Pedigrees and Family Histories

Compiled by Judith P. Reid



1.	Black, J. Anderson. 
	Your Irish ancestors / by J. Anderson Black. -- [New York] :
	Paddington Press, [1974]. -- 253 p. : ill.        
							CS483.B55 

	Bibliography: p. 250-251. 

2.	Burke's Irish family records / [editor, Hugh
	Montgomery-Massingberd]. -- London : Burke's Peerage Limited ;
	New York : Distributed in North America by Arco Pub. Co., 1976.
	-- xxxii, 1237 p. -- (Burke's series)           
							CS482.B87 1976 

	Revision of Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland. 1958. 

3.	Curtis, Edmund, 1881-. 
	A history of medieval Ireland from 1086 to 1513. -- London :
	Methuen & co., ltd., [1938]. -- xxxv, 433, [1] p. : incl. geneal.
	tables. maps (1 fold.).                             
							DA933.C8 1938

	This "enlarged and completely rewritten" edition was
	reprinted in New York by Barnes and Noble in 1968. 

4.	D'Alton, John, 1792-1867. 
	Illustrations, historical and genealogical, of King James's Irish
	army list, 1689. -- 2nd ed. -- London : J.R. Smith, 1861. -- 2 v. 
							DA945.D15

5.	Durning, William P. 
	A guide to Irish roots : collected from oral tradition and
	ancient records during visits to Ireland, other parts of Europe,
	and North America / by William and Mary Durning ; photos. by the
	authors, cover by Clayton Clark III, art by Wendi Fitzpatrick. --
	La Mesa, Calif. : Irish Family Names Society, 1986. -- viii, 77,
	154, 47 p., [2] p. of plates : ill.               
							CS483.D87 1986

6.	Durning, William P. 
	If you're a wee bit Irish : a chart of old Irish families
	collected from folk tradition / [by Ulliam O'Duirnin, i.e. W.P.
	Durning]. -- La Mesa, Calif. : Irish Family Names Society, 1978.
	-- xxvi, 166 p. : geneal. tables.                     
							CS484.D87 

	Bibliography: p. 163-165. 

7.	Jones, Henry Z., 1940-. 
	The Palatine families of Ireland / Henry Z. Jones. -- 2nd ed. --
	Camden, Me. : Picton Press, 1990. -- xvii, 166 p. : ill. 
							CS496.P3 J6 1990

	Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-151) and index. 

8.	Keating, Geoffrey, 1570?-1644? 
	The history of Ireland, from the earliest period to the English
	invasion : with a map showing the location of the ancient clans,
	and a topographical appendix = Foras feasa ar Eirinn do r,ir an
	athar seathrun ceiting, ollamh r, diadhachta / by Geoffrey
	Keating ; translated from the original Gaelic and copiously
	annotated by John O'Mahony. -- Kansas City, Mo. : Irish
	Genealogical Foundation, c1983. -- 3 v. (782 p.) : ill. 
							DA930.K2513 1983 

	Originally published in New York by P.M. Haverty in 1857. 

9.	O'Hart, John. 
	The Irish and Anglo-Irish landed gentry when Cromwell came to
	Ireland ; or, A supplement to Irish pedigrees. -- Dublin : M.H.
	Gill & son, 1884. -- xvii, [1], 773, [1] p. 
							Microfilm 8859 CS 

	Microfilm. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress.Reprinted
	in New York by Barnes and Noble in 1969 (CS490.O5 1969);
	facsimile reprint published in Shannon by Irish University Press
	in 1969 (CS490.O5 1884a). 

10.	O'Hart, John. 
	Irish pedigrees; or The origin and stem of the Irish nation. --
	5th ed. -- Dublin ; J. Duffy and co. ltd. ; New York : Benziger
	Brothers, 1892. -- 2 v.                               
							CS483.O5
							 
	Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1976. 

11.	Rooney, John, 1837-. 
	A genealogical history of Irish families with their crests and
	armorial bearings. -- [New York : Cherouny printing and
	publishing co., 1896]. -- 531, vi p. : ill., plates (partly col.)
	ports., coats of arms.                                 
							CS498.R7 
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