Found this while "surfin'" ... It has links to probably way more than you would want to know about Ireland, the Irish and genealogy in Ireland. http://www.webring.org/gci-bin/webring?ring=ireland&list Also http://www.genealogy.ie/ http://www.irishancestors.com/celticorigins/ are "for hire" genealogy services - I have no idea how good they are if they are any good..... on the other hand they offer links to Irish chat genealogy rooms and you can even order an O'Kirwan screen saver.... Excellent source of information on the Famine for research background knowledge http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sstaylor/FAMINE/ Jana