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.
Does a mythical island really exist off the coast of Ireland?
How Sybil Connolly led the Irish invasion into the fashion world
Irish Traveller Manor Donohue to scribe a book on his rich heritage
Famine museum launches new 27-stage "National Famine Way"
The truth about the "Nine Famous Irishmen" myth - It’s fake news mostly
Exploring the legend of the Molly Maguires
Atlas of the Irish Revolution - one of the greatest Irish history books ever?
Viking artifacts suggest Cork is Ireland's oldest urban settlement
Don't believe these myths about the Irish
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- 5 Is Biden an Irish name?
- 6 The Joyce clan of Galway, from Norman settlers to creators of the beloved Claddagh ring
- 7 Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
- 8 "Now we're in a position to say to America: you come to Ireland"
- 9 A nine-month journey for the Irish soul you haven't quite met yet
History
The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
How an Irish maid saved Emily Dickinson's poetry
Help trace the story of the Baron of Broadway, the Irishman who made and lost fortunes
From Spanish Armada to World War II, explore the Wild Atlantic Way's sunken ships
Genealogy
