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.
Irish birth, marriage, and death certificates now available online for free
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For the Love of a Sheep - Memories of my Irish mom and me
This Irish name is the most mispronounced in the world
This month in history: The Spanish land at Kinsale in 1601
Nearly half a million Irish names recorded in New York almshouse ledgers dating back to 1700s
Ireland's most popular names for newborns in 2022 revealed
A short history of the Irish surname name Gallagher
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- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin
What is Ogham? A look at the ancient Irish alphabet
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy
