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.
Cork City hosts 12th annual Ghost Convention - Cork gets ready for Halloween
New York fundraiser for the Irish Famine Tribunal to examine legacy of the Great Famine in Ireland
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Celebrating the man behind the pint of Guinness - big names celebrate Arthur’s Day
Magdalene Laundries motion for discussion about an apology to be moved next week
Senator George J Mitchell honored in Maine for leadership in bringing peace to Northern Ireland
News from Ireland - news from around the 32 counties
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- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Real stories of the women buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin
Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
Genealogy
