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.
50 Irish railroad workers lie buried in a mass grave in Illinois
“Supported by her exiled children in America” - John Devoy and Irish America in 1916
German owner of Cork hotel hid in wine cellar for days after Lusitania sank (PHOTOS)
All the home you’ll ever need - breath it in and take it with you
Deadliest corner in Dublin: Church and North King Streets
Irish have the last word at Antietam, site of the Civil War’s deadliest day
Fishermen catch ancient canoe that ferried stone to Newgrange
Two Irishmen entombed in Civil War ship off the coast of Texas
One woman’s fight to honor Canada’s Famine Irish
Most read
- 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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