Independent accredited genealogist and historian, solo practitioner
Dr. Paul MacCotter MA, PhD, MAGI
A University College Cork historian and Accredited Genealogists Ireland member specialising in pre-1830 Irish genealogy, land and estate records, and surname history, offering a free initial email assessment before any paid work begins.
What this provider helps with
Identify an ancestral hometown
Complete pre-trip research
Listing details
- Based in
- Co. Cork, cork, ireland
- Coverage area
- All of Ireland
- Price signal
- No charge for the initial email assessment. Paid research is staged so the client controls cost. No published rate.
- Booking
- Email or call for the free assessment first.
- Contact
- paul@paulmaccotter.com · +353 85 8172818
- Website
- https://paulmaccotter.com
- Credibility signals
- PhD in medieval history and genealogy, University College Cork, 2006, Member of Accredited Genealogists Ireland, Ireland's professional regulatory body (confirmed on AGI's own site), Lecturer in genealogy at University College Cork and the University of Limerick, Author of the standard reference work on medieval Irish territorial divisions
Evidence and verification
Checked against their own website. Last reviewed 4 August 2026.
We confirmed these details against sources the provider publishes. The provider has not confirmed them with us directly.
- Review status
- Core facts checked against his own site and the AGI directory. Outreach sent to the provider, no reply received.
- Relationship to AnchorHaven
- Independent listing. Not a paid placement.
What we haven't confirmed
We would rather tell you than guess.
- Town-level location comes from a single directory source, so only the county is published here
- No published rate for paid research