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.
Selling my parents’ Co. Clare tavern where all the Irish music greats played
From the Great Blasket to America - a memoir of the longest surviving islander
“Your father has gone to look after Patrick:” How JFK Jr and Caroline’s nanny broke news of JFK’s death
Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel has witnessed key events in Ireland's history
Churchill wanted Irish bombed from the air, refused Michael Collins' plea
Test yourself with these top census statistics, facts and figures about Ireland
Ireland's top archaeological discoveries that'll make your jaw drop
Bill Cunningham's secret memoir reveals painful childhood growing up in Catholic Irish America
Is the Irish language dead or alive?
Most read
- 1 I took a DNA test and was shocked at what I discovered
- 2 The dramatic beauty of County Cavan is just waiting to be uncovered
- 3 Eleven early Hollywood stars with Irish roots
- 4 The magic of Walt Disney’s deep Irish roots
- 5 A journey through the historic pubs of Dublin
- 6 Mishnóc: Handcrafted leather goods in County Galway
- 7 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 8 Fall in Ireland: Where to visit to enjoy the colors of autumn
- 9 On This Day: “The Plough in the Stars” playwright Sean O'Casey passed away
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