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.
The most famous people in the world with Irish roots
5,000 year old DNA reveals the surprising origins of the Irish
Win tickets to the next Masters of Tradition Irish folk concert
Learn how to play an Irish folk instrument with Waltons Irish Music
Family Heritage Month - Professor discovers the long-hidden dark secrets of her Irish family
Family Heritage Month - DNA test reveals truth for one man after Irish nuns lied
100 years ago today Michael Collins named treaty delegation - De Valera refused to join
Guess the only state in the US where an Irish last name ranks in the top three
On This Day: 99 Great Hunger refugees died off the coast of Massachusetts in 1849
Most read
- 1 The Irish flag and the Ivory Coast flag - the two most confused flags in the world
- 2 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 3 The magic of Ireland’s thatched cottages
- 4 Three delicious potato recipes for an easy Irish-inspired meal
- 5 The tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
- 6 Gone to America - a haunting abandoned house in Donegal reveals its story
- 7 First major Bloomsday with Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh was a wild, drunk time
- 8 No home, no wedding: Housing crisis blamed for collapse in Ireland's marriage rates
- 9 Cool, calm and Celtic: why Ireland makes the perfect coolcation
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