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.
Celtic Junction launches semester of unique Irish themed online classes
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"Scoil Scairte" - Immersive journey into the heart and soul of the Irish language
Chicago's South Side St Patrick's Day Parade will return for 2022
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Why an Irish-born priest encouraged a celibate Josephite marriage
Irish Heritage Tree dedicated to New York community leader Danny Moloney
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- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
History
On this day in 1990, the Clancy Brothers lost Tom and Irish music lost a giant
On this day in 1990, Mary Robinson became the first woman elected president of Ireland
Ireland’s answer to the Bayeux Tapestry is just an hour from London
LISTEN: "Making Empire" and the Irish with historian Jane Ohlmeyer
Ireland has over 300 saints and these are the holy sites they left behind
Genealogy
