Roots
IrishCentral’s repository of everything to do with your Irish roots – from Irish history, your ancestors, your Irish name, to ancient myth, legend and folklore.
WATCH: An Irish immigrant tale as told in a 1912 short film
Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
Popular Irish girl names as Gaeilge
The mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie - an Irish immigration story
The first female journalist to cover a US presidential election was Irish American
WATCH: Irish school children explain Ireland's famous superstitions and folklore
Tracing Kurt Cobain's Irish roots
What I couldn’t learn about my Irish grandmother from records and tests
World Storytelling Day with IrishCentral Storytellers
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