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.
Honoring 10,000 Irish immigrants who built the US railroads
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On This Day: Joseph Mary Plunkett, 1916 Easter Rising leader, is executed
Inside Ireland’s oldest pub - it might be the oldest in the world!
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Fun facts about Dublin, Ireland's capital city
Mayo Day 2019 to be celebrated in New York City on May 4
Dublin memorial honoring 13,000 Irish killed at WWI Flanders Fields opened
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 When Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to John F Kennedy
- 3 What does "amadán" mean?
- 4 How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals
- 5 The Dublin spots featured in James Joyce's "Ulysses"
- 6 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
- 7 WATCH: Co. Clare town releases hilarious video to attract visitors
- 8 The top five tourist attractions in County Meath
- 9 How this North American couple discovered their ancestors on their Irish honeymoon
History
Interesting facts about James Joyce, the Irish literary giant
When Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to John F Kennedy
How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals
Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
Paparazzi hounded James Joyce after his late marriage to Nora Barnacle
Genealogy
