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.
Which Irish names are making a comeback?
Can you guess the ratio of Irish Americans to the number of Irish?
When racism ruled New York and my great-great-grandfather died
How Hitler’s henchman became an Irish farmer after the war
Can you guess the most Irish towns in New York?
Amazing shots of Ireland in the ‘70s and '80s (PHOTOS)
Northern Irish orphans sent to Australia were painted black
John F. Kennedy branded de Valera a “lunatic” after 1945 visit to Ireland
Michael Collins' love letters to Kitty Kiernan up for auction in New York
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- 4 What are the top Irish history books for children?
- 5 Ireland’s Travel Secrets: The Sky Road and Clifden in Co Galway
- 6 New York mum let her newborn choose her own name – and she ended up with an Irish classic
- 7 Irish potato bread recipe, perfect for a weekend brunch
- 8 Irish summers and memories of my childhood
- 9 Sir Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister
