Great to be back on air for 2026 on Raidio Corcabaiscinn, whose long-standing commitment to education, heritage, and voluntary community broadcasting provides an essential platform for thoughtful and inclusive learning, as The Genealogy Radio Show returns with its Surnames and Sources series, opening the year with the Kirby surname programme researched, produced, and presented by Lorna Moloney, genealogist, historian, and forensic genealogist, whose work brings together medieval and early modern records, statistical analysis, mapping, and place-based research to explore how surnames emerge, evolve, and travel through time. Through her role as creator and presenter of the show, Lorna Moloney draws on sources such as the Irish annals, land surveys, censuses, surname distribution maps, and migration data to tell grounded, evidence-based stories that connect Viking settlement, Gaelic assimilation, church lands, and coastal communities to modern identity. Her approach reflects a deep understanding of genealogy as both a historical discipline and a living practice, one that links people to landscape, citizenship, movement, and memory. Supported by Raidio Corcabaiscinn’s educational ethos, the Kirby episode sets the tone for an exciting year ahead, demonstrating how careful source work, historical context, and clear explanation can make complex genealogy accessible, meaningful, and rooted in community.