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.
Bruce Springsteen invited to his Irish homestead of Kildare
WATCH: Driving mistakes and traffic accidents in Dublin, 1962
On This Day: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
The Celtic tradition of Summer Solstice and how to celebrate the longest day of the year
WATCH: Irish priest shares memories of life on farm in 1930s Co Cork
Pre-Famine census recovered 100 years after shelling of Four Courts
The smell of an open fire in Ireland is intoxicating, but what is Irish turf?
The NYC newspaper editor who spoke out against “No Irish Need Apply”
WATCH: Footage from a Dublin neighborhood, Stoneybatter, in 1979
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