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.
Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
Powerful poem on what it means to be an Irish American in Ireland
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
The Irish man who was hidden on a lifeboat as the Titanic sank
On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
The London Jew gave his life for Ireland during Easter 1916
The once wildly popular name in Ireland verging on extinction in 2026
What did the Titanic passengers eat?
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- 2 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 3 This slow cooker Irish stew recipe is perfect for family dinners
- 4 What is Bloomsday? Why does James Joyce's "Ulysses" matter so much?
- 5 IrishCentral Book Club's ultimate Irish reading list
- 6 WATCH: Ireland as seen from a horse-drawn caravan 50 years ago
- 7 John Lennon was getting ready to retire to Co Mayo before his tragic death
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- 9 Yeats’s Nobel Prize win marked a turning point in Irish literature
