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.
DNA test reunites adopted Irish man with his half-brothers
Irish ancestors of Kennedy, Reagan, Obama, and Biden emigrated within 10 years of each other
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On This Day: John Holland, inventor of the submarine, passed away in 1914
Famous famine letter once owned by Rita Hayworth's family returns to Skibbereen
On This Day: Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol received its first prisoners in 1796
Young female 1916 Rising fighter in the GPO tells her story
Beautiful Irish baby names inspired by places in Ireland
Famed poet Dylan Thomas and his wild adventures at the ancient Irish Puck Fair
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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
