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: Betty Williams, a co-recepient of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born in 1943
What's your Irish County? County Offaly
Why County Offaly is the greatest place in the world
The Monaghan man who filmed the devastation of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
An American WWII plane was excavated from Irish field 76 years after crashing
On This Day: Irish philanthropist Thomas Barnardo was born in 1845
Famine orphans from Northern Ireland transported to Australia
What's your Irish County? County Longford
What's your Irish County? County Louth
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- 5 Is Biden an Irish name?
- 6 The Joyce clan of Galway, from Norman settlers to creators of the beloved Claddagh ring
- 7 "Now we're in a position to say to America: you come to Ireland"
- 8 Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
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History
The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
How an Irish maid saved Emily Dickinson's poetry
Help trace the story of the Baron of Broadway, the Irishman who made and lost fortunes
From Spanish Armada to World War II, explore the Wild Atlantic Way's sunken ships
Genealogy
