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Connecting People With Their Irish Roots

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CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THEIR IRISH ROOTS

Upcoming Event

How to put all your family history into one paper book – a do it yourself guide by Michael Foley. Date: 17th February, 7.30pm (GMT) via Zoom

Join the Irish Family History Society

The Irish Family History Society (IFHS) is a voluntary non-profit making organisation, established in 1984. We are based in Ireland, but open to anyone who is interested in looking to trace their Irish roots, wherever in the world they are based.

We organise a range of activities across the year, so our members feel part of a community, including:

  • Talks delivered over Zoom by local experts
  • Outings to archives and places of interest to family historians
  • Meet-Ups – community-based informal Zoom sessions to chat about our research and ask questions of society experts
  • Conference Day in November

We deliver unique content via email in the form of periodic News Sheets and publish the Irish Family History Journal annually. 

The News and Events sections of this site are maintained daily.  

The Members’ Area of the site includes additional content such as lecture handouts, event reports, newsletters from associated societies, along with training courses and documentation to help you progress your own Irish family history research. 

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Some Recent Activities

Our Chairperson, Mel, giving a talk on starting your Irish family history research to the Carrick-on-Shannon U3A group in January 2026.

Annual Conference 2025: Record Collections – The Long Tail

Listen to Louise being interviewed by Seamus McKenna of Athlone community radio station, Oct 2025. 

More Recent Events

Mel and Louise attended the Really Useful Family History Show in Belfast in August 2025. 

Mel with Desmond McCabe of PRONI presenting him with some recent copies of our journal for their collection. They have expressed interest in having them so we are delighted to be able to supply a copy of each journal in the future.

The IFHS at the Flavours of Fingal show in north County Dublin during the summer.

Listen to Mel and Louise being interviewed at Flavours of Fingal by Carmelle Keane of 92.5 Phoenix FM community radio station.