
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.

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The mystery French lady who visits Michael Collins’ grave every year
Choctaw Native American leads Tipperary famine walk, compares to “Trail of Tears”
What we know about Christina Aguilera’s Irish roots
County Clare - GAA All-Ireland footballer's glory in 1917
Mystery of Irishman's message in a bottle found in Alaska 54 years ago finally solved
Bringing Irish ancestors’ stories home and connecting with the past
Irish PhD student maps out incredible medieval economy of Ireland
Tracing my Irish roots led me to the big family I always dreamed of
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
WATCH: A colorful look at 1940 Dublin, "a city of romance and contrasts"
Kerryman leads charge to save Great Hunger collection in America
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
WATCH: Ellis Island - The gateway that welcomed 3.5 million Irish to America
Genealogy
