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.
Honor your Irish Ancestor and bring their name back home to Ireland
The last Magdalene Laundry in Ireland closed its doors in 1996
Irishman sent to Australia as child reunited with family he was told were dead
Ireland to open first official National Famine Museum in Roscommon
Honoring how America helped the survival of the Irish language
On This Day: President de Valera becomes honorary Native American chieftain
Who Do You Think You Are? - this season's biggest revelations
This week in history: JFK signs the nuclear test ban treaty in 1963
Melissa McCarthy channels her Irish roots in ‘The Kitchen’
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- 3 Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
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- 5 Irish American Hollywood star Grace Kelly remembered on anniversary of her death
- 6 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 7 Is Biden an Irish name?
- 8 The Joyce clan of Galway, from Norman settlers to creators of the beloved Claddagh ring
- 9 Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
History
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
Irish American Hollywood star Grace Kelly remembered on anniversary of her death
Genealogy
