Marcia Krivios

Find Your Irish Roots!

After years of research, my husband and I decided to travel to Ireland to see if we could break down any of my Irish brick walls. We had a limited amount of time and we knew we did not want to drive through the Irish countryside ourselves. (All of Ireland should be very thankful for that!)

My Ireland Heritage Tours lives up to all of the great reviews you see here and elsewhere. Communication with the staff was top notch from our first inquiry as to their availability. Don’t delay in contacting them to avoid being disappointed that they are already booked up.

Our guide, Sean, picked us up at the Dublin Airport and we hit the ground running. Our first stop was the company’s office in Batterstown for an overview of what Sean and Aisling had found about the three families I asked them to research and to explain where we would be going and what we would be seeing over the next 3 and 1/2 days.

We covered a lot of ground with Sean including Counties Meath, Galway and Kilkenny. All along the way we heard about the history of the various areas from megalithic times to the present. Sean is a wealth of historical information as well as a certified genealogist up on all the current search techniques. Aisling and Ian are as well.

The real beauty of hiring My Ireland Heritage Tours is in all of the local legwork they do before your arrival. They visit each locale to pinpoint as best they can your local townland, the local parish priests, churches, and cemeteries, and any relatives still residing in the area. This service is invaluable as it saves you so much time that would be otherwise wasted if he was to wait until he took you to the area.

I can’t imagine that we would have been able to see as much and speak to as many locals if we had tried to do this on our own. In fact, I know we never would have been able to replicate this trip on our own despite all of my personal research.

Sean is a very knowledgeable and personable guide and we were thoroughly satisfied with the service he provided. I would highly recommend hiring My Ireland Heritage Tours whether you are searching for your Irish roots or just interested in seeing the historical sights of Ireland. You won’t be disappointed!

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Marcia was able to get a fantastic historical viewpoint by taking a Meath Tour. It was also fantastic to bring her to our consultation at our offices where we brought her through all of the records in great detail for two wonderful Townland experiences.

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Review of My Ireland Heritage Tours Presented on Trip adviser Oct 2024 By • Family TomBarron2013 New York City, NY2

Once in a lifetime experience

Oct 2024 • Family

We highly recommend My Ireland Heritage for anyone who wants to learn and be guided to their Irish “roots” and much, much more. Sean Quinn and Ian Darragh of My Ireland Family Heritage have deep knowledge or the areas we wanted to visit in Meath, Sligo and Kilkenny. While we knew about one side of the family history back to 1690, there was nothing known about the other that arrived in the US in the 1870s.

Ian, Sean, and Nicola did thorough research on our localities and locations from which our ancestors left for America in 1849 and later. In addition, Ian and Sean did separate day-long “recons” in advance of our time with them, seeking out local people and the specific properties with maps and whatever records still available. Their results were absolutely outstanding! In both our cases, they found and took us to our still-existing cottages and shops from the early 1820s.

It was so enjoyable to be with Ian for three days and for a special day with Sean. Whether it was the Newgrange World Heritage sites 5,500 years old , the Battle of the Boyne 1690 , or the local cemeteries and churches of our ancestors. Ian was especially attentive to my wife throughout the travels after she twisted her ankle in a rain-soaked old cemetery.

Throughout the process of trip preparation over months to giving us the final, wonderful books of Meath and Sligo, Aisling was highly professional and responsive with all the many details. The bound books she prepared are treasures! Thanks to all for truly exceptional experiences.

Newgrange World Unesco Site 5500 years old
Battle of the Boyne 1690 AD
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Entrance stone at Newgrange

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Review of My Ireland Heritage Tours Presented on Trip adviser by Shelley L @ sjlively

Exceptional in every way!

Over the last few months of preparing for our trip, every single detail was meticulously attended, not only professionally, but helpfully, and in such a friendly manner, that I felt as if I knew Sean, Aisling and Ian before I even stepped off the plane.

The amount of work these wonderful people put into our personal history is mindboggling. My mother was an avid amateur genealogist, and had worked for decades to bring to light the trail our family took, but our resources are limited.

Sean knows exactly where to look, and was able to fill in so many gaps that had eluded us for generations. Some of the information he found, unbeknownst even to him, actually solidified the findings we had amassed over the years. Ours was a family in coal mining – I only found on our tour that they had originated from a mining area, and their arrival on the  border coincided exactly with the decline in the mining industry in County Wicklow.

I would have been overjoyed simply with the knowledge of why they left when they did, about 12 years before the famine. Breaking through our brick wall of great grandparents even farther back on the family tree was a dream come true, but to be able to set foot on not only the area they lived, and find that the house is still there was overwhelming. Seeing the family church and cemetery where our ancestors and extended family still rest is a truly moving experience.

The care taken by this company in each and every aspect of the journey cannot be overstated. Only about 2 weeks prior to my trip, Sean contacted me to let me know that he had also stumbled across some of my husband’s family name in the process and included them as well in his research. How often can anyone say that they not only got what they paid for, but more than they ever imagined? I can say that. They were even kind enough to answer a few follow-up questions after my return home, as I was so stunned on my tour with Ian that I didn’t think ask at the time.If you have the opportunity to make the trip to Ireland, contact My Ireland Family Heritage before you go.

If your family was there, Sean will go above and beyond to find them. Even without family, contact them anyway. Ian is a walking encyclopedia of history, and so fun to talk to. Aisling will make sure every “I” is dotted, and every “T” is crossed.  Thank you so much for the trip of a lifetime, and the opportunity to pass on everything we have discovered to future generations

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