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.
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Most read
- 1 WATCH: These epic Irish dancing fails are absolutely hilarious
- 2 The "P.S. I Love You" filming locations you can visit in Ireland
- 3 Gardaí believe Glen Hansard lost control of bike before fatal crash
- 4 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 5 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
- 6 This very Irish habit is apparently the secret to a longer life
- 7 WATCH: Epic Irish singsong of "The Rattlin Bog" atop Mt Kilimanjaro
- 8 This strawberry Battenberg loaf gives a classic bake an Irish summer twist
- 9 A nine-month journey for the Irish soul you haven't quite met yet
History
On This Day: Thomas Francis Meagher, the greatest Irishman in American history, was born
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
Genealogy
