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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Most read
- 1 On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
- 2 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 3 Savage! Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 4 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 5 Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
- 6 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 7 WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
- 8 First oil tankers leave Whitegate as Gardaí clash with protestors at the site
- 9 On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
History
The dazzling life of Mabelle Gilman Corey
On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
Genealogy