Dear Listers - Please allow that this has been compiled over some months and circumstances within the areas covered may well have changed , it is a fast world we live in, and facts and figures change daily over the net etc. I have compiled this together not to teach those who already know everything about Irish research, but to encourage those who are just beginning, there daunting task into Irish research, but the best advice given is not always taken, but the best I have ever received, was don't let the internet become your whole way of researching your ancestors, while it is a base, anything you have found on the net, will have to be proven to be correct, which means don't take everything as gospel, and always take time to get up, get out and go to your local library its amazing what you will find, and who you will meet there, and each with a common bond of doing research, But always remember the only person interested in your research is you yourself. Unless they are dippy people like myself and Peggy who have been building data bases and compiling other peoples families in it - then you do need to run away to the garden, or to a library to restore your sanity. Best of luck for those still hunting, and to those of you beginning their first attempts at finding the Irish link. CARA ©Cara_Links Researching Co.Wicklow,Wexford. A friend is one who accepts your past, loves you as you are, and believes in your tomorrows