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 Blackcastle Races - IRA escape from a troop of British soldiers in 1920
The history of Ireland's beloved "Whiskey in the Jar"
Colorized photographs of Ireland's revolution featured in spectacular new Irish history book
WATCH: Newgrange’s magical Winter Solstice 2020 live stream
WATCH: Aer Lingus flies little pieces of home to Irish trapped abroad
One phone call and Ireland's oral tradition led this Wyoming man to find his Irish roots
The 14 Tribes of Galway
A COVID 2020 poem - A Dublin night before Christmas
It's never been easier to explore your family’s Irish roots and history
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- 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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