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: US Army Brigadier General Michael Corcoran was born in Sligo in 1827
On This Day: Michael Cusack, the father of the GAA, is born in Co Clare
On This Day: Irish patriot Robert Emmet executed in Dublin in 1803
21 Irish surnames that make brilliant baby names
O'Neill: History of the Irish surname and famous faces
The truth about Irish bog bodies
How Irish Famine immigrants changed New York forever
Understanding how Irish surnames were created
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- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
- 3 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
- 4 11 wedding ceremony readings by famous Irish writers
- 5 Planning a picnic! How’s about you make it Irish with these delicious recipes
- 6 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 7 James Joyce quotes on love and life in honor of Bloomsday
- 8 Following in James Joyce's footsteps in Northern Italy
- 9 Luciano Pavarotti's Irish beef recipe
