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The society and its members will undertake research of a historical or genealogical nature, where an extended period of time and effort is required to achieve a result. Such work would not include routine day to day research specific to just one family. Each project will be led by a member to agreed terms of reference. Others are encouraged to provide support.

Current projects are:

  1. Y-DNA project   (Active)
  2. Irish of the Caribbean   (Active)
  3. Aran Isles   (Active)
  4. American Revolutionary War 1775-83   (Active)
  5. American Civil War 1861-5   (Active)
  6. Settling the American West - 1820-1920   (Active)
  7. Fenians and the movements that followed   (Active)
  8. Roll of honour   (Active)
  9. Boston Irish   (Active)
  10. Sixteenth century in Ireland through to the battle of Kinsale   (Active)
  11. Irish settlement in Australia   (Active)
  12. Irish settlement in South Africa   (Active)
  13. 1916 - Battle of Somme and Easter Rising   (Active)
  14. Donahoe Nexus   (Active)
  15. Pioneers of South Africa   (Active)
  16. O'Donoghue Halls of Fame   (Active)
  17. The Battle of Clontarf 1014   (Active)
  18. The Irish in Victorian London (or any other major British city)   (Active)
  19. The rapparee   (Active)
  20. The monasteries and Church in Medieval Ireland   (Active)
  21. Irish clerics in the European colleges of the 17th and 18th centuries   (Active)
  22. The Irish of (individual American states)   (Active)
  23. Biographies   (Active)
  24. Tribal history   (Proposed)
  25. Famous Irish regiments in foreign armies   (Proposed)
  26. Dunphys of Canada   (Proposed)
  27. Pioneers of America   (Proposed)
  28. Irish Civil War   (Proposed)
  29. 1880s worldwide census data base   (Proposed)
  30. US - Mexican War 1846-8   (Proposed)
  31. Irish settlement in USA   (Proposed)
  32. 1690 and 1691 in Ireland - the Boyne and Limerick   (Proposed)
  33. History of the Irish in Scotland   (Proposed)
  34. Plantations of Ireland   (Proposed)
  35. Birth of San Francisco   (Proposed)
  36. Viking period in Ireland   (Proposed)
  37. Gold Rush of American West   (Proposed)
  38. Irish settlement in Canada   (Proposed)
  39. Irish settlement in New Zealand   (Proposed)
  40. American British conflict of 1812-15   (Proposed)
  41. Irish education over the centuries (incl. hedge schools)   (Proposed)
  42. Ballydonoghues   (Proposed)
  43. Wild Geese   (Proposed)
  44. Surname distribution analysis   (Proposed)
  45. Collapse of the old Gaelic order in Ireland   (Proposed)
  46. Texas Revolution 1835-6   (Proposed)
  47. The Boer Wars (1880-1 and 1899-1902)   (Proposed)
  48. World War One and the Irish   (Proposed)
  49. The Irish Navvy in Great Britain   (Proposed)
  50. Pioneers of Canada   (Proposed)
  51. Gold Rush in Australia   (Proposed)
  52. Pioneers of Australia   (Proposed)
  53. Pioneers of New Zealand   (Proposed)
  54. World War Two and the Irish   (Proposed)
  55. To Hell or Connaught   (Proposed)
  56. The Irish of Latin America   (Proposed)

All researchers are encouraged to suggest potential projects which will advance our combined state of knowledge.

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