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.
Is it time for a census of the ghosts in Ireland?
An childhood crime and an unforgettable Orange hen
American college students make a 3D scan of an Irish castle
IrishCentral’s Halloween series - the sinister scoundrels of Samhain
Beautiful tribute to 1,100 Spanish Armada sailors who drowned off the Sligo coast
Patrick Pearse's letter of surrender to be shown publicly at Dublin's GPO
After 149 years, justice for an Irish immigrant executed for murder
Ancestral link discovered between Donald Trump and Oliver Cromwell
Court martial records of 1916 leaders now available to view online
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- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 Historic facts about Irish pubs you may not have heard of
- 3 New York mum let her newborn choose her own name – and she ended up with an Irish classic
- 4 Teeth reveal important clues into diet of famine Irish
- 5 LISTEN: Liam Neeson reads Patrick Kavanagh’s “In Memory of My Father”
- 6 What are the top Irish history books for children?
- 7 Ireland’s Travel Secrets: The Sky Road and Clifden in Co Galway
- 8 Sir Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister
- 9 Irish potato bread recipe, perfect for a weekend brunch
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