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Journals of antiquaries or archaeology frequently contain family histories and pedigrees
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The Ancestor - Vol I - April 1902
   Vol II - July 1902
   Vol III - October 1902
   Vol IV - January 1903
   Vol V - April 1903
   Vol VI - July 1903
   Vol VII - October 1903
   Vol VIII - January 1904
   Vol IX - April 1904
   Vol X - July 1904
   Vol XI - October 1904
   Vol XII - January 1905

   A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities
   Edited by Oswald Barron, F.S.A. (Westminster, 1902 - 1905) - OL

* The Celt
   A Weekly Periodical of Irish National Literature including Biographical Sketches, Historical Gleanings, etc.
   Published by John O'Daly (Dublin, Aug 1857 - Nov 1859) - IA

The Celtic Records and Historic Literature of Ireland

   being Nos. 111 and 112 of the Irish Quarterly Review
   By J. T. Gilbert, Esq., M.R.I.A. (Dublin, 1861) - OL

The Gael (An Gaodhal) - Vol XXII

   January to December 1903
   By Various authors, Conducted by Stephen J. Richardson (1903) - IA

* Galway's Heritage Oidhreacht na Gaillimhe - Vol 24, 25 - 2010

   By Various authors (Galway, 2010)
   for more issues visit Galway City Council

* The Genealogical Magazine - Vol IV

   A Journal of Family History, Heraldry and Pedigrees
   By Various Authors (London, 1901) - OL

The Genealogist - Vol I - 1877
   Vol II - 1878
   Vol III - 1879
   Vol IV - 1880
   Vol V - 1881
   Vol VI - 1882
   Vol VII - 1883

   Edited by George W. Marshall, LL.D. (London 1877 - 1883) - IA
New Series
   Vol I - 1884
   Vol III - 1886

   Edited by Walford D. Selby (London, 1884 - 1886) - IA
   Vol XII
   Vol XIX - 1903
   Vol XX - 1904
   Vol XXIII - 1907
   Vol XXV - 1909
   Vol XXVIII - 1912
   Vol XXXII - 1916

   A Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical, and Heraldic Research
   Edited by H. W. Forsyth Harwood (London, 1903 - 1909) - IA FHB

Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (Monthly) - Vol 1 No. 5 - Bealtaine 2006
   Index to Ireland's Genealogical Gazette - 2006 - 2011
   Genealogical Society of Ireland (Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin,  2006 - 2012) - GSI

* Isaac Butler's Journal - 1744

  research guide only
  By Lorraine McCann (Co. Louth, 2012) - Louth County Council website

Second series:

Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society - Vol II - 1896
   Vol X - 1904

   By Various authors (1896 - 1904) - OL

From Journal of Co. Louth Archaelogical Society

* Journal of the County Louth Archaelogical Society - Vol V - No. 1
   By Various Authors (Dec 1921) - IA

Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society - Vol III No i - 1903
   Vol III No ii - 1904
   Vol IV No i - 1905 - 1906
   Vol IV No ii - 1905 - 1906
   Vol IV No iii - 1906
   Vol IV No iv - 1906
   Vol VIII Nos iii, iv - 1939

   By Various authors (1905 - 1939) - IA

Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts - Vol II 1896 - 1899
   Vol III 1899 - 1902
   Vol IV 1903 - 1905
   Vol V 1906 - 1908
   Vol VI 1909 - 1911

   By Various authors (Dublin, 1899 - 1911) - IA, FHB

Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society - Vol I - 1849 - 1851
   Vol I - Part III 1852
   Vol II - 1852-53

Name change:
Proceedings and Transactions of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society - Vol III - 1854 - 1855
   By Various authors (1852 - 1856) - HT, IA
New Series:
The Journal of the Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society - Vol I - 1856 - 1857
   Vol II - 1858 - 1859
   Vol III - 1860 - 1861
   Vol IV - 1862 - 1863
   Vol V - 1864 - 1866 (pub. 1867)
   Vol VI - 1867 (pub. 1871)

   By Various authors (1859 - 1871) - IA, HT
Fourth Series; Name change (Originally founded as the Kilkenny Archaeological Society):
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Vol I - 1870-71
Name change:
The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland - Vol I - Part II - 1871
   Vol VIII - 1887-88
   Vol IX - 1889

Name change:
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Vol X (Fourth Series)
   Index to the first 19 Volumes 1849-1889
Fifth Series:
The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - Vol II - 1892
   Vol III - 1893
   Vol IV - 1894
   Vol V - 1895
   Vol VI - 1896
   Vol VII - 1897
   Vol VIII - 1898 (Vol XXVIII consecutive series)
   Vol IX - 1899
   Vol X - 1900 (pub. 1901)
   Vol XI - 1901
   Vol XII - 1902 (pub. 1903)
   Vol XIII - 1903
   Vol X - 1920 (pub. 1921)
   By Various authors (1887 - 1921) - IA
* INDEX 1891-1910 (pub. 1915)
Series Seven:
   Reports by Counties
   Unknown author (1893-1907) - IA
   Review of Vol. VI, Parts 1 and 2 (Dublin, 1906) in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, London

Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica New Series - Vol I - 1874
   Vol II - 1876
Third Series:
   Vol III - 1900
   Vol IV - 1902
   Ed. by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., , F.S.A. (London, 1874 - 1902) - OL
   Vol V - 1904
Fourth Series:
   Vol II - 1908   
   Ed. by W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A. (London, 1904 - 1908) - FHB, OL

* The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record - Vol XLVI

   Quarterly
   By the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (New York, 1915) - FHB

Notes and Queries 
1st Series - Vol 3 Jan - Jun 1851
2nd Series
   Vol 1 Jan - Jun 1856
   Vol 2 Jul - Dec 1856
   Vol 3 Jan - Jun 1857
   Vol 4 Jul - Dec 1857
   Vol 5 Jan - Jun 1858
   Vol 9 Jan - Jun 1860
   Vol 11 Jan - Jun 1861

3rd Series
   Vol 5 Jan - Jun 1864
   Vol 12 Jul - Dec 1868

4th Series
   Vol 5 Jan - Jun 1870
   Vol 12 Jul - Dec 1873

5th Series
   Vol 7 Jan - Jun 1877
   Vol 9 Jan - Jun 1878
   Vol 10 Jul - Dec 1878

6th Series
   Vol 12 Jul - Dec 1885
7th Series
   Vol 9 Jan - Jun 1890
   Vol 11 Jan - Jun 1891

10th Series
   Vol 1 Jan - Jun 1904
   Vol 4 Jul - Dec 1905
   Vol 5 Jan - Jun 1906
   Vol 8 Jul - Dec 1907

11th Series
   Vol 2 Jul - Dec 1910
   Vol 10 Jul - Dec 1914
   Vol 3 Jan - Dec 1917

12th Series
   Vol CXLVI (146) Jan - Jun 1924
   A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
   By Various authors (London, High Wycombe, 1856 - 1924) - IA

   Vol II
   Vol III
   Vol IV
   Vol VI
   Edited by John Burke, Esq. (London, 1846 - 1848) - OL, IA
   For Burke's directories see: Nobility and Landed Gentry

Ríocht na Midhe - Records of Meath Archaeological and Historical Society - Vol XVIII - 2007
   Vol XIX - 2008
   Vol XXIII - 2012

   By The Society (Meath, 2007 - 2012) - FHB

The Septs - Vol 20 No 3 Beara Peninsula; Co. Monaghan
   Vol 21 No 3 Co. Armagh
   Vol 24 No. 1 Co. Galway - Again
   Vol 25 No. 1 Tipperary
   Vol 26 No. 1 Limerick
   Vol 27 No. 1 Census Substitutes

   Irish Genealogical Society, International (St. Paul, Minnesota, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) - website, FHB

South East Galway Archaeological and Historical Society - Newsletters
   QUB
   Vol 1 - 1853
   Transcription of an article on 'Surnames; Their Past and Present Forms' from this edition also available - LI
   Vol 2 - 1854
   Vol 3 - 1855
   Vol 4 - 1856
   Vol 5 - 1857
   Vol 6 - 1858
   Vol 7 - 1859
   
Vol 8 - 1860
   Transcription of an Article on 'Irish Ethnology' from this edition also available - LI
   Vol 9 - 1861 - 1862
New series:
   Vol II - 1896
   Vol III - 1897
   Vol IV - 1898
   Vol V - 1899
   Vol VI - 1900
   Vol VII - 1901
   Vol VIII - 1902
   Vol IX - 1903
   Vol X - 1904
   Vol XI - 1905
   Vol XII - 1906
   Vol XIII - 1907
   Vol XIV - 1908

   By Various authors (Belfast, 1853 - 1908) - OL, HT

FAMILY
* ARTHUR
   Arthur Family Newsletter - Vol. I
   Vol. II
   Vol. III 
   Vol. IV
   Vol. V
   Vol. VI
   Vol VII
   Vol VIII
   Vol IV No. 1 includes Rev. Wm. Arthur, b. Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, 1796; research papers, etc.
   By Mrs. Arlene Arthur Smith (Cottage Grove, OR, 1976 - 1984) - FHB


* BARRON, BARREN, BARON, BARRAND
   The Barron Family Newsletter - Vol I. No. 3
   By William R. Barron (1981) - FHB

   Vol XX No.1
   Galbraith families
   By Clan Galbraith Association of North America (1992 - 1998) - FHB

* O'BANON, O'BANNON, O'BANION
  The O'Bannon Genealogist - Vol I No I
   A Quarterly Magazine
   By Mildred Ames (Clearfield, Utah, 1976?) - FHB

* O'MAHONY
   O'Mahony Newsletter No. 43 2012
   By O'Mahony Society website


CHURCH
 1844 - 1845 - 1847 - 1850 - 1851 - 1852 - 1853 - 1855 - 1856 - 1858 - 1859 - 1860 - 1863 - 1865 - 1866 - 1867 - 1868 - 1869 - 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1879 - 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889 - 1890 - 1891 - 1892
   1813 - 1892 containing Over Twenty Thousand Obituary Notices
   By Joseph J. Green (1894) - IA

   1906 - 1910 - 1911
   for Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland
   Society of Friends (Quakers) (1842 - 1910) - IA

The Irish Ecclesiastical Record - Vol I - 1865
   1866
   Vol III - 1867
   Oct, 1867
   Vol V - 1869
   Oct, 1869
   Vol VII - 1871
   Vol VIII - 1872
   Vol IX - 1873
   Vol X - 1873
Third series:
   1880
   1887
   1892
   1894
Fourth series:
   Transcription of an article from this issue on The 'Muls' and 'Gils': Some Irish Surnames also available - LI
Fifth series:
   Under Episcopal Sanction (Dublin, broken series, 1865 - 1922) - IA

   Volume The Second 1880 - 1883
     By Various Authors (Kilkenny, 1879 - 1883) - IA


IRISH-AMERICAN

The American-Irish Historical Society
   ...Names of Officers and a List of the Members
   Prepared by Thomas Hamilton Murray, Secretary-General (Boston, 1898) - IA
Annual Address of the President General
   By Edward A. Moseley (New York, 1898) - OL

Anniversary Address delivered before the Hibernian Society

   of Columbia, South Carolina, 17th March, 1854
   By John J. Maher (Columbia, 1854) - IA

Booklet of Information regarding the American-Irish Historical Society

   Including a list of Some Members of the Society. Letter from Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, etc.
   By Thomas Hamilton Murray, Secretary-General (Boston, New York, 1905) - IA

Constitution and By-Laws of the Hibernian Relief Society

   Instituted March 9, 1827
   John G. Scobie, Printer (Boston, 1827) - OL

Constitution of the Charitable Irish Society

   Boston. Includes list of members
   By Unknown Author (Boston, 1858) - IA

* The Irish Shield and Monthly Milesian - Vol I

   A Historic, Literary, and Dramatic Journal
   Edited by George Pepper (New York, 1829) - OL

Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society - Vol I
   Edited by Thomas Hamilton Murray, Thomas Bonaventure Lawler (1898) - IA
   Vol II
   Vol III
   Vol IV
   Vol V
   Vol VI
   Vol VII
   Edited by Thomas Hamilton Murray (1899 - 1907) - IA
   Vol X
   Edited by Patrick F McGowan (1911) - IA
   Vol XII
   Vol XIV
   Edited by Edward Hamilton Daly (1913 - 1915) - IA
   Vol XVIII
   Vol XIX
   Vol XXI
   Editorial Committee John G. Coyle, M.D., Edward J. McGuire, LL.D., Vincent F. O'Reilly  (1919 - 1922) - IA

The Newsletter of the Museum of Newport Irish History - Summer 2008
  Summer 2009
   Published by the Museum (Newport, Rhode Island, 2008 - 2009)
   1914 - 1921
   Speeches, lists of members, etc. (1914-21) - IA

The Scotch-Irish in America

   Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Congress at Columbia, Tennessee 1889
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Second Congress at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 1890
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Third Congress at Louisville, KY 1891
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Fourth Congress at Atlanta, GA 1892
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Fifth Congress at Springfield O 1893
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Sixth Congress at Des Moines, IA 1894
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Seventh Congress at Lexington, VA 1895
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Eighth Congress at Harrisburg, PA 1896
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Ninth Congress at Knoxville, Tenn 1900
The Scotch-Irish in America
   Proceedings and Addresses of the Tenth Congress 1902
   The Scotch-Irish Society of America (1889 -1902) - IA

* United Irish League Bulletin - Vol I
   Dec 1907 - Dec 1910 with typewritten Index

   Vol V 1880
    Literary and Political / Philosophic Review
    By Dublin University (Dublin, 1833 - 1880) - IA, OL, GB

The University Review and Quarterly Magazine - Vol I No. I and II - 1833
     Pub by Grant and Bolton (Dublin, 1833) - GB


MISCELLANEOUS

The Anti-Union - Issues I -XXXII
   published 3 times a week to oppose the Union with Great Britain
    (Dublin, 1798, 1799) IA

The Ballitore Magazine

   consisting of Original Pieces and Communications
   The Pupils of Ballitore School (Dublin, 1820) - IA

* The Citizen - Vol I - 1840

   A Monthly Journal of Politics, Literature, and Art
* The Citizen or Dublin Monthly Magazine - Vol III - 1841
   By Various Authors (Dublin, London, 1840) - OL

* The Dublin Literary Gazette or Weekly Chronicle Jan to Jun 1830

   of Criticism, Belles lettres, And Fine Art
   Printed by John S. Folds (Dublin, 1930) - GB

* The Dublin and London Magazine for MDCCCXXV (1825)

   By Various Authors (London, 1825) - OL

* The Dublin Magazine Vol II - 1820

   or General Repertory of Philosophy, Belles-Lettres and Miscellaneous Information
   By Various Authors (Dublin, 1820) 

The Dublin Review - Vol III - 1837
   Vol LII - 1863
New Series:
   Vol I - 1870
   Vol XVII - 1871
   Pub. by Thomas Richardson and Son; Burns, Oates (London, 1847 - 1871) - GB

* The Dublin Society's Weekly Observations Vol I

   Printed by R. Reilly (Dublin, 1739) - GB

* The Dublin Weekly Journal - 1725

   By the Author (Dublin, 1725) - GB

* The Gentleman's and London Magazine: or Monthly Chronologer - Vol XL - 1770

   Printed by John Exshaw (Dublin, 1770) - OL

* The Irish Quarterly Review Vol. III - May 1853
   Pub. by W. B. Kelly (Dublin 1853) - GB

* The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science - Vol XVI - 1858

   Printed by Taylor and Francis (London, 1858) - GB

* The Loyalist Gazette - Vol. 43

   Canadian magazine; articles on Palatines, Scotch-Irish 
   Ed. by Robert Collins McBride, UE, B.Sc., M.Ed. (Indian River, Ontario, 2005) - FHB

* Notes from Ireland
   No. 1. to No. 52 Vol. 1 New Series. A wide range of topics
   Published by Irish Unionist Alliance, (Dublin and London, 1893) FHB

   Vols. 36 - 43
   Local history, biography, religion, reminiscences, poetry, etc.
   By Various Authors (Limerick, 1979 - 2009) - LCC

* Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin - Vol I

   established for the investigation and revival of Ancient Irish Literature
   Printed by John Barlow (Dublin, 1808) - GB

Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland - Vol XXXI

   includes List of Members for 1904, Obituary of Charles Philip Cotton
   Printed for the Institution (Dublin, 1906) - IA

* The Ulster Magazine - Vol II - 1861

   Pub. by C. H. Macloskie (Belfast, 1861) - GB   

AAI = Ask About Ireland

CCL = Clare County Library (read online only)
FHB = Family History Books
GB = Google Books
GSI = Genealogical Society of Ireland
HT = HathiTrust Digital Library (read online only, login to visitor account may be required)
IA = Internet Archive
Irish Manuscripts Commission - Digital Editions
LCC = Limerick City Council - Local Studies
LI - Library Ireland
OIR = Oireachtas Parliament of Ireland
OL = Open Library
PG = Project Gutenberg
QUB = Ulster Archaeological Society - Queens University, Belfast
U-SA = Ulster-Scots Agency

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