
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 most amazing thing Michael Collins ever said
Notre Dame used to have Irish Terriers as their mascots
Learn to play Irish music, Part 2: Finding a teacher
Michael Collins "a nasty piece of work," according to one relative of a 1916 leader
Foster care and its roots in ancient, mythological Ireland
The mass card used in Michael Collins's funeral in 1922
New York's new Governor does Irish proud
Shock as Quinnipiac University to close Ireland's Great Hunger Museum
Eisenhower’s legacy and his deal with Irish man Mike Quill
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- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

Final days of Michael Collins: ambush, assassination, and peace talks in Ireland's Civil War
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
The makers of Michael Collins' death mask believed he was shot at close range
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
How the killing of Michael Collins changed Ireland for the worse
Genealogy
