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.
All these years later, JFK still inspires
How the Irish Union soldiers stopped Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, this anniversary day
Did you know Canada became one country because of Fenian invasion?
Cloudy weather could have caused Celts' red hair
Bones of 5,000-year-old Stone Age child and adult found in Irish cave
How this Irish woman almost didn't survive the Titanic disaster
New online project will map out every ancient hill fort in Ireland
Famed Irish general Thomas Francis Meagher finally gets his marker in Brooklyn
Questions I wish people would stop asking me about being Irish
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- 2 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 3 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 4 "No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
- 5 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 6 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 7 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 8 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 9 Remote Irish beach crowned top beauty spot for autumn escape
History
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
Genealogy
