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.
What's the most Irish town in America?
Honoring the Irish poet and nationalist who died a British soldier on the Western Front
A guide to Irish names that are commonly mispronounced
The impact Viking and Norman DNA had on the Irish
The 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, by the numbers
Popular Irish baby names to use in the US
On This Day: Christy Brown, the extraordinary mind behind "My Left Foot", passed away in 1981
Remembering from afar - 9/11 memorials in Ireland
The most popular girl names in the US with Irish origins
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- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
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