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.
On This Day: Kevin Barry was born in Dublin in 1902
On This Day: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States
An Clár/Clare: Cad as a dtagann an t-ainm sin?
On This Day: Cork-born venerable Mary Aikenhead born in 1787
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Walsh Clan
Mum gave son name that celebrates his "Irish heritage" but can’t pronounce it
The Irish American woman who became America's first supermodel
On This Day: Prohibition takes effect in the US in 1919
What does the apostrophe in Irish names mean?
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