Yearning to visit the Emerald Isle and rediscover your Irish heritage? Start planning your trip here.

What better way to honor your ancestors of Erin than discovering and rejoicing in the history and culture of the Emerald Isle? This St. Patrick's Day, let Family Tree Magazine help you get started with tips for using church records to learn about your Irish forebears.

Read a book, rent a film or pop in a CD to revel in your Irish roots.

Start your stateside Irish roots celebrations here.

Our expert gives tips on tracing Irish Catholic nuns.

Find Irish ancestors in this free 1901 and 1911 National Archives of Ireland census database.

Various services now provide online access to millions of records dating back to the early 1600s from both the present-day Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

May the road to your roots rise up to meet you — just follow these seven steps for tracing Irish ancestors.

You don't need the luck of the Irish to find your ancestors on the auld sod — just our quick guide to researching your Emerald Isle roots.