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.
Monaghan census records from the 1500s go online
500 child skeletons in workhouse mass grave tell of Great Hunger struggles
On This Day: A Famine ship carrying my Irish ancestors arrives in New York City in 1847
Castles to rent in Ireland for a fairy tale vacation
A look at New York City's oldest Irish pub, McSorley's
Irish artist brings historical photographs to life with state-of-the-art technology
Connect with Bronze Age Ireland with Irish Heritage Tree
Irish imprisoned in Bermuda during the Great Famine for stealing food
How a storm brought salvation to a Co Kerry community during the Great Famine
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