Links

Skibbereen Sites
Skibbereen Heritage Centre includes online Graveyard and Loan Fund databases.
Skibbereen Town Information on and history of Skibbereen Town and surrounding areas.
Skibbereen & District Historical Society Information on the Society, its publications and upcoming events.

West Cork Family Websites 
O’Driscolls Clan Gathering
O’Mahony Society
Ginni Swanton’s Website  
Becher Family

West Cork Genealogy Help
“Skibb Girl’s” website A treasure trove of information for those researching their family roots in West Cork.
Tracing Your Family Tree My quick guide to tracing your West Cork Roots. (pdf doc)
Westcorkgenealogy.com Genealogical database of people from West Cork.
Irish Genealogy Toolkit Free advice and help for those researching Irish family histories.

State & Church Records
National Archives Census  Access to both 1901 and 1911 census of Ireland.
Ask About Ireland Access to Griffiths Valuation including maps.
Irishgenealogy.ie Irish civil registration records and church records for Kerry and parts of Cork and Dublin.
Irish Family History Foundation Irish parish records, search free, pay for details.
Family Search.org  Free access to a wide range of international databases, includes index to Irish civil records.
Ellis Island New York emigration records for 1892-1923 

Pay Sites
Ancestry.com 
Findmypast.ie 
Irish Newspaper Archives

Other Sites
National Archives of Ireland  included searchable databases.
National Library of Ireland  includes an online catalog of holdings.
Irish Military Archives includes access to military pension files.
Rootschat’s  Cork message board.
Ordinance Survey Ireland Includes 1842 and 1903 maps.
Naming Patterns Traditional Irish naming patterns explained.
Logainm.ie Placename database of Ireland.
Coastguards of Yesteryear  Information on Irish coast guards from the 18th to early 20th centuries.