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.
The Fenian Lazarus, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, died in New York in 1915
This son of an Irish emigrant invented Artificial Intelligence and changed the world
Irish Heritage Tree plants a native tree in Ireland in honor of Irish gay icon Oscar Wilde
Irish Heritage Tree plants a native tree in Ireland in honor of drag queen Panti Bliss
WATCH: "Claiming your Irish citizenship" livestream event
Ireland's trad music archive brings 150 years of Irish music in America online
WATCH: British rail strike leader names "Irish socialist republican" as his hero
Bruce Springsteen invited to his Irish homestead of Kildare
WATCH: Driving mistakes and traffic accidents in Dublin, 1962
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- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
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- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
St. Patrick’s Breastplate: the prayer of Ireland's patron saint
St. Patrick’s Day on Achill Island - a day unlike any other
WATCH: Irish Colleens mark St. Patrick's Day more than a century ago
Ireland's spring equinox and St. Patrick's Day's pagan connection
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
Genealogy
