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.
IrishCentral’s Book of the Month: “A Star Called Henry” by Roddy Doyle
Woman launches search for Irish granny who vanished in 1960 London
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A 16-foot Celtic Cross in Boston Harbor honors the Irish Famine dead
DNA test uncovers century-old secret for woman who thought she was Irish
IrishCentral Box subscribers have their say on our unique Irish deliveries
Irish podcast series explores disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York
IrishCentral launches unique endeavors for their loyal readers
Dictionary of Irish Biographies launched online
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- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 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
