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.
Your quick-fire guide to new online Church of Ireland parish records
Historical Irish newspapers – eight new titles go online
Potato genetically engineered to resist blight that plagued Irish during Great Hunger
Irish language activist calls on public to adopt an endangered word
Forget Sean and Mary, Americans are naming their babies after guns
“Epic Journeys Ellis Island” online exhibition tracks 71 people from Clare’s stories of immigration
The Navvies: How the Irish built the modern British railways
Were your ancestors servants or masters in Ireland?
Mad Mac and Father Sexton: Irish Prisoners of War during the Second World War
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 Ireland’s Ancient East takes center stage in guide to Ireland’s must-see heritage
- 3 WATCH: How to make the perfect Irish crisp sandwich
- 4 LISTEN: Liam Neeson reads Patrick Kavanagh’s “In Memory of My Father”
- 5 Ireland's six national parks to check out
- 6 Five things to do in Ireland when the sun is shining
- 7 On This Day: Ireland decriminalizes homosexuality in 1993
- 8 Aran Woollen Mills keeps Irish craft alive with a modern edge
- 9 Keeping the ancient fires of Saint John's Eve burning bright in Ireland
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