Genealogy in Dublin
Dublin (Accommodation, Dublin, Ireland) has long been a place apart from the rest of Ireland. It was founded in the eighth century by the Vikings and remained a base for their commerce and raiding until the decisive defeat of the battle of Clontarf in 1014. Although their military and political power waned, Dublin (Bed and Breakfasts, Dublin, Ireland) remained an essentially Viking city for a further two centuries. It was only when the invading Normans made the city the administrative centre for their activities in Ireland at the end of the twelfth century that its importance began to grow. For the following six hundred years Dublin (Holiday Cottages, Dublin, Ireland) remained the focus of Norman and English power in Ireland, and essentially foreign to the vast majority of the native Irish. In the nineteenth century, the population grew and changed rapidly as poverty, disease and overpopulation drove small tenants and landless labourers into the city in search of employment. By the early years of the twentieth century, the city had trebled in size 
and had some of the worst slums in Europe. Since independence, the city has continued to grow in both size and diversity and the majority of its inhabitants are now either migrants from elsewhere in the country, or the children of such migrants.
Given its social history, there are a very large number of surnames common in Dublin, though few, which originate there. The most common are those which come from the areas immediately adjoining the county - Byrne and OToole from Wicklow, Dunne, Behan and Moore from Kildare, Reilly, Lynch and Brady from Meath.
Main Towns in the Area are Balbriggan, Blanchardstown, Malahide, Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Donabate, Portmarnock, Baldoyle, Ballybock, Booterstown, Cabinteely, Dundrum, Kingstown (now called Dun Laoghaire), Blackrock, Dalkey, Glasthule, Monkstown and Donneybrook.
In North Dublin (Self Catering, Dublin, Ireland), prior to the failure of the potato crop people here were largely self-sufficient. The advent of potato blight left large numbers without sufficient food. Unemployment increased dramatically and rents were left unpaid. Large numbers were forced to emigrate to England and Canada but chiefly to the United States. The effects of the Great Famine were less severely felt here than in many parts of Ireland but the area did not go unaffected by the 
famine. The records indicate that the number of inmates at Loughlinstown Workhouse increased rapidly at the start of the Great Famine and the number of burials in the Workhouse Cemetery reflects a sad period in the history of south county Dublin. While the population of this area has greatly increased in the present century there was a large amount of emigration from here to the US and England in former times.
Fingal Genealogy, Swords Historical Society Co Ltd, Carnegie Library, North Street, Swords, Co Dublin , Ireland
Fingal Genealogy offers a Full Service to enquirers.
The main records include:
Roman Catholic records, the earliest of which date from 1731
Church of Ireland records (Anglican/Episcopalian) commence in 1703
Census records available from as early as 1901
Fingal Genealogy also has records of:
Internment for all cemeteries in their area
Vaccination records
School roll books
Gravestone inscriptions for some local cemeteries
Various Trade Directories
Dog Licence Records
1916 Volunteer records
Attached to the Research Centre is a museum, which reflects aspects of local and national culture.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Heritage Society, Moran Park House, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
The area covered by this centre now lies in the hinterland of Dublin City but was, in the last century, a collection of rural towns and villages.
The Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Heritage Society offers a partial service for enquirers seeking information on their ancestors from south County Dublin. Typically an Initial enquiry receives a reply from this Centre within two weeks.
To date the Centre has computerised over 145,000 and the main records include:
Roman Catholic records, the earliest of which date from 1755
Church of Ireland records (Anglican/Episcopalian) commence in 1694
Presbyterian records date from 1843.
The Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Heritage Society has also computerised the pre-1900 gravestone inscriptions at the extensive Deansgrange Cemetery (from 1868) and St. Begnet’s Cemetery in Dalkey.