There are a number of particularly good web sites hosted by people around the world and relating to genealogy in Ireland. Some are maintained as a county web page. The following are URL's to sites which I consider to be particularly good. I'm not including any covered by Paul Gorry on the link to his site here and this is only a few sites - nothing comprehensive. it could be said that they are county specific, the names listed on them will be - but some of them also have very good explanations of the various general things you come across when doing research in Ireland. I'm posting these to this list, not because they are specifically related to the county but because if you chose to check out these sites then you may learn the answers to some questions you have. Sometimes you will see things explained in one way somewhere and another way somewhere else and the second explanation will be much clearer. ---------------------------------------------- A good description/explanation of the various Irish divisions you will meet and the records that you will find them of use in is found at the following: http://home.att.net/~genfiles/IreBirth/ire_div.htm On county Monaghan there is none better than http://www.exis.net/ahd/monaghan/default.htm ---------------------------------------- Philip O'Rourke is based here in Ireland and I could never recommend his site enough to anyone. Not because it contains names upon names for you to find, but because Philip loves Ireland and what he does on his web site. You have to read through his introduction and then 'My Irish Journey' and if you appreciate his words, then you will know why I recommend this site http://communities.msn.com/IrishAncestralPages --------------------------------------------- Fermanagh Gold is maintained by Jan Hart and is at: http://www.fermanagh.org.uk/goldhome.htm ---------------------------- Margaret Turner has a particularly good county Cork web page: To use the County Cork Web Page http://www.sci.net.au/userpages/mgrogan/cork/ire.cork.htm Use the Find facility for a particular surname or place, or, choose one of the categories at the top of the page. The Find facility allows you to AND (all words) or OR (any) words. --------------------- Raymond Kelly has a very good web site for county Down: which has been built to help people researching their ancestors in County Down especially in the areas of Banbridge, Dromore, Kilkeel and Mourne in the shape of Maps, Photos and Free Look ups where possible. www.cksc11654.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk ---------------------------------- Lindel has Donegal Gene website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/. --------------------------------- Paul Gorry gives a list of links to various web sites which host genealogical information from Ireland http://indigo.ie/~gorry/Free.html ---------------------- This Kerry site is also very good. A Dingle, County Kerry Genealogy Helper http://members.aol.com/waterlilys/index.html