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Irish Ancestors Direct are involved with Kilcummin Historical Group in a local voluntary community project.  Funding  was received from the Heritage Council to record the… Read More »Old Kilcummin Graveyard

The graveyard contains the ruins of a church dating back to 1172 and destroyed by Cromwellan troops under General Ludlow in 1652. There are interesting… Read More »Glimpses of Old Kilcummin Graveyard History

East Kerry Roots in association in Irish Ancestors Direct held a successful event displaying family trees relating to families from Castleisland and the surrounding areas.… Read More »Exhibition of Family Trees

Rattoo Tower, near Ballyduff in north Kerry, is the last surviving complete round tower in Kerry. Over the last number of years it has been the subject to careful preservation… Read More »Rattoo Tower & North Kerry Museum

The Catholic parish church registers are now available online with free access.  The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has launched a dedicated website with free… Read More »Irish Catholic Church Registers Online

We recently visited Killury Cemetery in North Kerry. This is situated on the Ballyheigue to Ballyduff road close to Edmond Harty’s successful enterprise Dairymaster. Indeed… Read More »Killury Blog

On a beautiful summer day we visited Ardfert in North Kerry. We enjoyed touring Ardfert Cathedral and adjoining burial grounds. A short walk from the… Read More »Ardfert Blog

Welcome to Irish Ancestors Direct blog. We intend to use this space to keep you up to date on genealogy developments past and present.  As… Read More »Genealogy Blog