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.
Free entry to Irish heritage sites for the rest of the year
Irish amateur archeologists discover Cairn using Google Earth
Frederick Douglass Way in Dublin to launch virtually on May 14
Irish boy's name revealed as most popular in the US in 2020
Galway's victims of the Great Hunger and exiled immigrants recalled
The Shamrock Children: German refugees who found shelter in Ireland after WWII
On VE Day, recalling this Irishman's horrific World War II experience
VE Day, the end of WWII in Europe, was marked with civil disturbances around Dublin
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Most read
- 1 WATCH: Thousands used to flock Tipperary bone-setter's healing hands
- 2 Cornelius Ryan, the Irish D-Day reporter who re-invented journalism
- 3 The important Irish American news stories that made history
- 4 "The whole thing was completely out of control" - Passenger describes Dublin to Ibiza flight hell
- 5 Odds reveal three favourites for 2026 Rose of Tralee
- 6 Tuam excavation: Remains of more than 20 coffined infants recovered
- 7 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 8 Derry designer announces major Dior fashion show in Dublin
- 9 Billionaire Peter Thiel's group takes legal action over axed Powerscourt conference
History
250th Anniversary of America: Recognizing the Irish and New Jersey
Cornelius Ryan, the Irish D-Day reporter who re-invented journalism
Wicklow's Military Road, built to capture a rebel captain
How Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was linked to Sligo’s cholera outbreak
WATCH: Thousands used to flock Tipperary bone-setter's healing hands
Genealogy