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We’re an international team of volunteers who enjoy helping people of Irish descent connect with their roots in Ireland.

We offer a free message board where you can ask us a question, a meet and greet service for when you return to your ancestral land, and a page for each civil parish in Ireland where you can share the story of your ancestors.

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