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.
Check out these Irish artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (PHOTOS)
A delayed message from Michael Collins to army headquarters cost him his life
Today marks 51 years since John F. Kennedy was assassinated
Ireland planned to evacuate citizens via Aer Lingus if WWIII broke out
Plans to honor Irish woman who fought as a man in the American Civil War
Irish give thanks to Quakers for Famine relief
Roscommon archive reveals in-fighting and criminality among Irish during Great Hunger
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Life of your ancestors in a historic Belfast shipyard
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