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.
Old hand-colored photos of Ireland’s heritage sites give glimpse into past
The pagan origins of Co Kerry's ancient Puck Fair
Beautiful Irish baby names inspired by places in Ireland
Famed poet Dylan Thomas and his wild adventures at the ancient Irish Puck Fair
LISTEN: A history of the Great Hunger ballad "Skibbereen"
WATCH: Choir's infectious rendition of ancient Irish language song
On This Day: Irish poet, writer, and nationalist John Boyle O’Reilly died in 1890
94-year-old American flag to be donated to Laois in honor of Irish pilot
50,000 Famine Irish were deported back to Ireland from the US
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- 3 Irish song “Garryowen” played before Custer's Native American massacres is banned
- 4 WATCH: Irish trad band Jiggy's viral video never fails to make us smile
- 5 From Tipperary to Troy - the true story of Irish immigrant John Morrissey
- 6 Must-see archaeological gems for curious visitors to Ireland
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- 8 Irish Famine survivors, lest we forget, it was not so long ago
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History
From Tipperary to Troy - the true story of Irish immigrant John Morrissey
WATCH: Vintage scenes from a summer "Sports Day" in Dublin
Must-see archaeological gems for curious visitors to Ireland
Irish song “Garryowen” played before Custer's Native American massacres is banned
Maureen O'Hara's "sex scandal" that led to a libel case
Genealogy
DNA test reunites adopted Irish man with his half-brothers
Irish ancestors of Kennedy, Reagan, Obama, and Biden emigrated within 10 years of each other
On This Day: John Holland, inventor of the submarine, passed away in 1914
IrishCentral readers’ 30 favorite Irish names for girls
