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.
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Memorial to US Navy unveiled in Derry
Roger Casement, 1916 rebel executed on this day, denied hero status because he was gay
Harry Potter aka Daniel Radcliffe’s Northern Ireland roots revealed
149 years later, Civil War letters in attic reveal a famine Irish immigrant’s life
Irish-born US labor activist Mother Jones was a big influence on James Connolly
Victoria Cross won by Irishman in Australian WWI forces comes to Ireland after 80 years
I always knew I was an O'Sullivan at heart - Discovering my ancestry
Mystery of Irish World War II hero finally solved after six decades
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- 1 Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
- 2 Oh, Lisdoonvarna... is a town unlike any other in Ireland
- 3 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 4 Places in Ireland that can change your life
- 5 Top magical caves to explore in Ireland
- 6 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 7 First oil tankers leave Whitegate as Gardaí clash with protestors at the site
- 8 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 9 On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
History
On This Day: Handel's "Messiah" premiered in Fishamble Street, Dublin
On his birthday, Samuel Beckett’s Nobel Prize still speaks to modern Ireland
Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
On his birthday, Seamus Heaney’s Nobel win still resonates across Ireland and beyond
The dazzling life of Mabelle Gilman Corey
Genealogy
