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.
Traditional Irish naming patterns
The special love-hate relationship between Irish and Italian Americans
Is Ireland's oldest business Sean’s Bar from 900AD? Some disagree
The Irish woman who worked as a nanny for Confederate leader Jefferson Davis
Trinity launch conference and online course for 1916 Rising centenary (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
From Galway Bay to Taxi-ing down the Thames... Irishmen in the Waterman Records
Tracing your Irish roots: The quagmire of administrative districts - part 2
What are the most egotistical Irish names?
Letters of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation released online (PHOTOS)
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- 5 On This Day: Charles Stewart Parnell married Kitty O’Shea
- 6 WATCH: Fascinating footage of an Irish community gathering peat 100 years ago
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History