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.
The grandson of an Irish Nationalist who became one of NYC's youngest mayors
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The tragic murder of 15-year-old Cailín Bán
When a Rolling Stones 1965 concert in Dublin turned into a riot
Sharon Osbourne discovers ancestors fled Irish Famine, emigrated to US
Jackie was offered $1m not to divorce JFK before presidential election
LISTEN: "Ciumhais Carraig Aonair" - a haunting Irish tune inspired by Fastnet Rock
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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
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- 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
