The Irish Roots Guide

Irish genealogical records are reputed to be difficult to use, but the difficulties are more to do with their scarcity, since so many have been lost, most notably when the Four Courts suffered a catastrophic explosion during the Troubles in June 1922; but there were considerable losses even earlier.

The author of this little book, first published in l991 and reprinted three times with corrections, though how extensively I cannot tell, takes a common‐sense approach to the subject. By taking his own family as an example, he is able to show step by step how to proceed. He demolishes some...