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.
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
The Norman knight behind 19,000 Irish Burkes and 121 Galway castles
The surprising history hiding behind every O'Brien, McGrath and Murphy
The Irish influence on Labor Day in the US
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Connor Clan
New findings reveal Taylor Swift’s Irish family love story?
This lovely Irish name that was popular 35 years ago was given to just three babies last year
Find out the meaning behind your Irish surname - Part II
The Irish surname Casey, from ancient watchful septs to O'Casey's stage
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History
Nixon won the White House on this day in 1968 and later trashed the Irish on tape
WATCH: Rare 1940 film captures Dublin trams, Nelson’s Pillar and a packed Croke Park
JFK's Irish tweed hat from Éamon de Valera heads to auction
Mayo’s starving walked 15 miles for food and were told to wait until lunch was over
Making the dead welcome - All Souls’ Day in Ireland
Genealogy
