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.
Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury's Irish roots
Irish origins of the surname Campbell
This poetic Irish baby name is set to make waves internationally
Danny Boy: The history behind Ireland's most famous ballad
Top 12 facts you don’t know about Irish names
Seared into her soul - how her Irish ancestors made her write
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Ryan clan
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Connor Clan
What did the Vikings do for the Irish?
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- 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
Arbour Hill, Dublin’s forgotten memorial to the men of 1916
WATCH: Amazing colorized footage of Titanic in Belfast
Faces of the Titanic: Irishman Jeremiah Burke sent a message in a bottle before his death
WATCH: 1989 RTÉ report highlights blight of emigration on Mayo town
Was the coward of the Titanic really a hero? The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" says yes
Genealogy
