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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A virtual tour of New York’s Great Hunger memorial
What you should know about John F. Kennedy and his presidency
Irish family from Galway the longest living group of siblings in the world
Poignant tale of a fabulous little Leitrim village disappearing
Irish people are the happiest with their first names
Tuam Babies: “It would be... kinder to strangle these children at birth” said doctor
Live and legendary Milwaukee Irish Fest a major success
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- 2 Murders show savagery of day-to-day life during Great Hunger
- 3 Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
- 4 Rosie O'Donnell says Irish neighbours 'worried' for her after weight loss
- 5 Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
- 6 Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
- 7 Irish cheese and potato flatbread recipe
- 8 Woman charged after "significant explosive device" intercepted in Co Monaghan
- 9 Summer takes a time-out! Cooler rainy days are on the way
History
The Irish didn't just come to America, they helped create it
Navigating nationalism and neutrality: Irish-American opinion and the 1916 Rising
Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
New exhibit at Turlough Park recalls Soap Box dreams from 1950s Ireland
Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
Genealogy