Armagh Genealogy Tours
My Ireland Heritage find your Ancestors and exact house location from the 1700’s to the late 1800’s, and all available records in Ireland. We are an Irish family business dedicated to assisting you in your Irish Genealogy research for your roots and records of your family history of past generations in Armagh, as well as providing you with a once in a lifetime Irish Genealogy tour experience to visit your families original family house and Walk in the Footsteps of your Irish Ancestors.
Sean and the Team at My Ireland Heritage are a Government certified & approved Genealogy & Touring Company, and will personally guide you on the journey into your Irish ancestry to any County in Ireland.
Many companies are genealogy research only, many companies are touring companies only, we at My Ireland Family Heritage are proud to be able to encompass your research and tour together enabling us to work with you throughout the process to customize your tour with you and for you. To achieve a full genealogy tour experience consider adding one of our one-day historical tours.
Our Tours
Our Ancestral Townland Experience Tours
County Armagh has long been known as the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, home to two cathedrals of St Patrick and a religious history stretching back over a thousand years. It is also the “Orchard County,” its gentle hills long given over to apple growing, and a place where Gaelic, Planter and Norman family lines sit close together in the parish registers. For genealogy research, that layered history matters: an Armagh ancestor’s records may sit with the Catholic parish, the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian meeting house, or the Quaker community, depending on which wave of settlement your family belonged to.
Armagh’s registers can be especially rewarding once you know where to look, and we’ve spent years learning exactly that. Rather than stopping at the civil parish named on an old certificate, we identify the working parish your ancestors actually attended for baptisms, marriages and burials, then locate the surviving graveyard for that family. From there, we build a tour that brings you to the townland itself, the orchards, the lanes, the church walls your ancestors would have known, not simply a drive through the county. For many visiting families, standing at the actual site of a great-grandparent’s home in Armagh is the moment their family history becomes real.
- Armagh has 6 Baronies
- Armagh has 43 Civil Parishes
- Armagh has 0 Electoral Divisions
- Armagh has 955 Townlands
- Armagh has 182 sub townlands
St Patrick’s Cathedral the imposing twin spires of the Catholic Cathedral overlook the City on an elevated site. It was on this hill on the 17th March 1840 that the foundation stone for Saint Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral was laid by Archbishop Crolly. It was over 60 years before the Cathedral was completed, with consecration on 24th July 1904.
County Armagh is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland and one of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland, situated in the northeast of the island and has a population of approximately 174,792. It is within the historic province of Ulster.
The name “Armagh” derives from the Irish word Ard meaning “height” and Macha, together meaning place (or high place). Macha is mentioned in The Book of the Taking of Ireland. Emain Macha (now Navan Fort) once served as the capital of the Ulaid kings who gave their names to the Kings of Ulster.
Family Dynasties 1500-1600 AD
- Irish – O’Neills, MacMahons, O Donnelly, O ‘Hagans
- Norman – None
- Scottish – None
- Viking – None
County Armagh- Things to do and may be possible to include within your Ancestral Townland Experience Tour
- Armagh Public Library and Genealogy records
- St Patricks Cathedral (Roman Catholic)
- Navan Centre and Fort (Historic Site)
- Armagh Astronomy Centre and Planetarium
- Gosford Forest Park
- Armagh County Museum
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum
- Armagh Gaol
- St Patricks Cathedral (Church of Ireland)
- Armagh Franciscan Friary
- Hill site of Emain Macha
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Armagh called the ecclesiastical capital, and does that affect genealogy research?
Armagh is the seat of both the Catholic and Church of Ireland Primates of All Ireland, and it has a long tradition of parish record-keeping. This can be a real advantage for research, provided we identify the correct parish and denomination.
Can you trace Quaker or Presbyterian ancestors from Armagh?
Yes. Armagh has significant Quaker and Presbyterian heritage alongside its Catholic and Church of Ireland communities, and we know where the surviving meeting house and congregational records are held.
How far in advance should I book an Armagh genealogy tour?
We recommend starting the research process several months ahead, as tracking down parish, graveyard and townland records takes time before we can build your on-the-ground itinerary.
