Antrim Genealogy Tours
My Ireland Heritage finds your ancestors and exact house location from the 1700s to the late 1800s, and all available records in Ireland. We are an Irish family business dedicated to assisting you in your Northern Irish Genealogy research for your roots and records of your family history of past generations in Antrim, as well as providing you with a once in a lifetime Northern 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 Antrim carries a genealogical story shaped by plantation, industry and emigration. Many family lines here trace to Scottish settlers who arrived during the 17th-century Plantation of Ulster, settling among older Gaelic families along the Glens and the Bann valley. Others descend from the linen weavers and shipyard workers who built Belfast into one of the great industrial cities of the 19th century, before hardship and opportunity sent so many of their children across the Atlantic. Walking the Antrim coast today, past Dunluce Castle and the basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway, it’s easy to understand why this landscape stayed alive in family memory for generations after emigrants left it behind.
County Antrim carries a genealogical story shaped by plantation, industry and emigration. Many family lines here trace to Scottish settlers who arrived during the 17th-century Plantation of Ulster, settling among older Gaelic families along the Glens and the Bann valley. Others descend from the linen weavers and shipyard workers who built Belfast into one of the great industrial cities of the 19th century, before hardship and opportunity sent so many of their children across the Atlantic. Walking the Antrim coast today, past Dunluce Castle and the basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway, it’s easy to understand why this landscape stayed alive in family memory for generations after emigrants left it behind.
- Antrim has 14 Baronies
- Antrim has 93 Civil Parishes
- Antrim has 0 Electoral Divisions
- Antrim has 1714 Townlands
- Antrim has 20 sub townlands
County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, has a population of about 618,000. It is one of six traditional counties of Northern Ireland and is within the historic province of Ulster. After the War of Independence Antrim was part of the partisan of Ireland and remains with five other Counties under British Rule.
The Glens of Antrim offers isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant’s Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bushmills is famous for its whiskey. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. (See our Antrim Coastal Tour)
The Irish Celtic Tribes By Ptolemy 1st Century 500BC-500AD
- County Antrim- The Rhobogdioi
Family Dynasties 1500-1600 AD
- Irish – O’Haras, O’ Cahan ( kane)
- Norman – De Courcey
- Scottish -Mac Donnell, Bissett , MacQuillan, MacAlister
- Viking – None
County Antrim-Things to do and may be possible to include within your Ancestral Townland Experience Tour
- Belfast Museum and Archives off Genealogy records
- Giants Causeway
- Game Of Thrones
- Carrick- A- Rede- Rope bridge
- Carrickfergus Castle
- Dunluce Castle
- Bushmills Distillery
- The Titanic Exhibition
- The Irish Linen Centre
- Mount Sandal Neolithic Site
Frequently Asked Questions
My ancestors were Presbyterian from Antrim, will you know where to find their records?
Yes. Antrim has a strong Presbyterian tradition alongside Church of Ireland and Catholic communities, and each denomination kept separate registers. We identify which congregation your family likely belonged to and track down the surviving records before your tour.
Can you find the exact townland my family left from, not just "County Antrim"?
That’s our specialty. Antrim has well over a thousand townlands, and general records often only list a parish. We narrow this down to the specific townland and, where possible, the house site itself.
Is a genealogy tour of Antrim only about the Giant's Causeway and coast?
Not at all, the coast is a wonderful bonus, but the heart of your tour is the parish, graveyard and townland connected to your own family, wherever in Antrim that leads us.
