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.
Ireland's surnames and their origins explained in online dictionary
The magic of Walt Disney’s deep Irish roots
On This Day: Nellie Cashman, aka the "Angel of the Yukon", died in 1925
The legendary "Deirdre of the Sorrows" and the Celtic tale's legacy
The original rebels: Ireland’s infamous Whiteboys
The Irishman who burned down Washington and the White House
50 stunning Irish boy's names and their meanings
Support the stories that unite the global Irish family this New Year
An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
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History
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Genealogy
