Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI), the sole accrediting body for professional genealogy on the island of Ireland, has ...

A list of the 90 or so "captains" who were Ireland's autonomous royal families around 1515 has recently come to light ...

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

The significance of the opening in Ireland is that Cobain had Irish roots himself, having ancestors who emigrated to the United States from Carrickmore, County Tyrone, in 1875. Cobain was even due to ...

Some commentators in the U.S. have construed the alleged Irish link to suggest that the Democrat’s family “owned slaves” – ...

A record number of Americans are applying for Irish citizenship, driven by political shifts and EU access. Find out why the ...

Some interesting information for St. Patrick’s Day and Irish-American Heritage Month (March) from the U.S. Census Bureau. Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced ...

The U.S. Census, number-crunchers extraordinaire, sent us these statistics, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. 36.9 million: Number of U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2009. This ...

If Ireland invited every American with Irish ancestry to its St. Patrick's Day celebrations, it would need a lot more Guinness. Approximately 162 million Americans – more than 20 times Ireland ...

The phrase 'Black Irish' carries a complex past and has been bandied about for ages. It's widely held by scholars that the roots of the term are steeped in legend. It's employed to characterise ...