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: First NYPD cop to die in the line of duty was an Irish immigrant
On this day: Sept 21, 1941 John F. Kennedy enters the US Navy
Irish genealogy experts partially trace Robert De Niro’s Irish roots
Irish genealogy breakthrough as more of Boston's Catholic records go online
100 years ago today, Michael Collins' The Squad was born
Over 100 Viking treasures unearthed by metal detector enthusiast
The bitter feud at the heart of future Irish President’s 1919 trip to the US
Robert De Niro is on a desperate search to find his Irish roots
Photos of JFK and Jackie Kennedy “wedding of the century”
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- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
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History
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
Titanic hero Irishman Thomas Andrews epitomized bravery as ship went down
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Genealogy
