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.
Magic made! Dancing into the night on a bridge outside Ballina in the 1950s
Famous People who share Irish and Jewish backgrounds
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JFK's Secret Service agents were too hungover to react in Dallas, says author
On This Day: Divorce in Ireland was made legal in 1995 after 70 years
Harry Kane’s Irish roots back in the spotlight after England's World Cup win
“The bravest man I ever met” Father Brown in World War I
Irishman James Graham was the bravest man at the Battle of Waterloo
2022 World Cup: England's players with strong Irish roots
Most read
- 1 Your complete guide to Irish passport and citizenship through descent
- 2 Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
- 3 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 4 Neven Maguire's apple tart and custard recipe
- 5 Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
- 6 Is Biden an Irish name?
- 7 The Joyce clan of Galway, from Norman settlers to creators of the beloved Claddagh ring
- 8 "Now we're in a position to say to America: you come to Ireland"
- 9 Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
History
On This Day: Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners was born in 1934
81 years after his death, the world still remembers John McCormack's voice
Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
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
Genealogy
