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.
Irish US World War I soldier finally gets full burial rite in Leitrim
Following in the steps of hope and hunger along the National Famine Walk
How the Connecticut Irish shaped Irish American history
Newgrange findings offer clues to the origin of dogs
Were your Irish ancestors evicted?
Hitler's half-brother married a Dublin woman in 1910, census shows
Court records show George Clooney’s Irish family had their land stolen
Little known Irish facts: Churchill and Pope Francis both lived in Dublin
Unpublished photograph of young Oscar Wilde found
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- 1 Rejected by Ireland and misunderstood by America, one Irish American tells his story
- 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 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 5 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 6 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 7 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 8 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 9 "No plans" for driver's licence exchange is "slap in the face" for returning Irish emigrants
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