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.
Could your ancestor have been an orphan workhouse girl who emigrated in 1853?
In forgotten famine of 1879 Irish Americans aided relief efforts
The Irish took sides in the Spanish Civil War
Secret tunnels used for testing machine guns by Michael Collins revealed
Easter Rising’s influence on Irish American culture to be examined at UMass
Hidden history: Anglo-Indian branches in an Irish family tree
5,800-year-old rock scribing found near Ireland’s Croagh Patrick
Why Ireland owes Irish America a huge amount
Thirty-two years of heinous crimes in 19th century Ireland go online
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- 5 Ten Irish American writers who transformed American literature with their unique voices
- 6 Irish roofing scam gang in the US being investigated by federal authorities
- 7 On This Day: “The Plough in the Stars” playwright Sean O'Casey passed away
- 8 Irish American discovers his great-grandfather in a 1929 Seattle railroad photo
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