This Irish Genealogy site offers the Irish descendant (from New York, Canada, UK, Australia...) the chance to trace their Irish family tree and search for their surname origins and the records of their Irish ancestor's birth, marriage or death.

Much is made of Robert E. Matheson's Special Report on Surnames in Ireland in any discussion on surname frequency or distribution. Based as it is on the civil birth records for a single year, 1890, it cannot be regarded as anything more than a crude reflection of the situation. Had Matheson taken the first five years of civil registration, 1864 -1869, and analysed the numbers for these years collectively and individually, the results would have been much more accurate. They would have also provid...

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