Free Irish Records for St. Patrick’s Day

We are pleased to announce that in honor of St. Patrick’s Day this year, we are making all 106 of our Irish record collections available to search for free for a limited time, March 14–19, 2023! If you have Irish heritage, you may get lucky and discover a family treasure!

Search Irish collections on MyHeritage for free!

The MyHeritage Irish collections include Irish birth, marriage, death, census, wills, atlases, directories, calendars, historical books, registers, passenger lists, prisoner, and registration records. Many of the collections also include images. 

Here is an example from the Irish collections.

The 1901 Irish census collection contains a record of renowned Irish writer, James Joyce. The record contains his birth year, circa 1882; place, County Dublin, Ireland; and religion, Roman Catholic. His occupation is listed as “student” and his age as 19. The record includes his father’s name, John Stanislaus Joyce, and mother’s name, Mary Joyce. It also lists all of his nine siblings: Eileen, Mabel, Florence, Margaret Alice, Eva May, May Kathleen, Charles Patrick, John Stanislaus, and George Alfred. In the Household section in the record, you can flip between different members to view their entire records. You can also click the icon at the top right corner to see the image of the record as it appears on the Irish National Archives site.

Census record of James Joyce [Credit: MyHeritage Irish Census 1901]

Image of census record of James Joyce [Credit: National Archives of Ireland via MyHeritage], click to zoom

Want to further explore your Irish Heritage? Visit our special Irish Heritage site, myheritage.com/irish, to discover and celebrate your Irish roots! Search the free Irish historical records, read about Irish history, discover the genetics behind red hair, and watch as celebrities discover their Irish heritage.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from our family to yours!