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.
Kilkenny center honoring 976 buried famine dead opens to public
LIVE: The remarkable story of Irish women’s emigration to the US live from Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute
LISTEN: Rents, riots and volcanoes – Ireland on the brink of the Great Hunger
Irish women’s Great Hunger immigration examined at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut
Does Ireland hold the record for the world’s longest good-bye?
Guess which American president personally hanged two Irishmen from the scaffold?
You may have more Irish cousins than you think
How Ancestry DNA helped me discover my official “Galway Girl” title
Why DNA tests show different levels of Irish ancestry among family members
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- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 27 Irish baby names for boys and girls inspired by nature
- 3 On This Day: Dermot Morgan and Frank Kelly, of “Father Ted” fame, passed away
- 4 Why is Ireland so green? The science behind the Emerald Isle's famous hue
- 5 How to craft the perfect bowl of traditional Irish stew
- 6 Best Irish foods to treat your Dad with this Father's Day
- 7 Dad's ticket to heaven - An Irish American Father's Day story
- 8 Behind the Irish name: Mairead, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
- 9 Jimmy Fallon embarasses himself with fluffy Conor McGregor interview
