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 was the news on the day JFK was born?
Five of the most important females in Irish history
Trump and JFK are very similar in many ways
Where did Washington’s favorite politician John F. Kennedy hang out?
How Ireland’s Great Hunger was depicted in the 1800s media
5,000-year-old axe found on Galway beach after storms
How is John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday being celebrated in the US?
An ancient Irish ring fort has been discovered in Newbridge
Never before seen photos of JFK as a teenager
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History
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
What you should know about Irish American mobster “The Irishman” Danny Greene
WATCH: Drive back in time through 1970s Dublin with this rare video
Original historic US documents to go on display in Belfast this year
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
Genealogy