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.
Born on this day in 1806 was an Irishman who dueled with Abraham Lincoln
Vatican honors World War II Irish priest who saved thousands (VIDEO)
Roger Casement’s haunting letter eight days before his execution (VIDEO)
Baltimore remembers three Famine coffin ships packed with Irish
Cork’s Spike Island was the largest prison in the British Isles
Belfast hero of the Titanic honored in New Jersey (PHOTOS)
Former attorney general says 1916 leaders “had no legitimacy”
Five easy and inexpensive steps to finding your Irish roots
The ghost of Roger Casement and his speech from the dock
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- 2 On This Day: Daniel O'Connell, "The Liberator," died, in Genoa, in 1847
- 3 On This Day: St. Brendan the Navigator, an early transatlantic voyager, died in 587
- 4 Faces of the Titanic: John Horgan, lost at sea, remains a mystery man
- 5 Kevin Costner's Irish roots in County Kilkenny
- 6 Kilkenny, the Marble City, one of Ireland's most beautiful destinations
- 7 GIVEAWAY: Win VIP trip to the largest Celtic festival in the world, Milwaukee Irish Fest!
- 8 Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
- 9 What's your Irish County? County Kilkenny