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.
Top facts about Irish Americans from the US Census Bureau
The surprising American stars with Irish roots
Burned at the stake was the original punishment for blasphemy in Ireland
John F. Kennedy Jr. had a playdate with a killer
Irish American women who changed the United States
Crazy Irish stories! The Irish man who stole the Crown Jewels to a real-life Robinson Crusoe
In Ireland, the county you are from is of vital importance
The Irish War Cry and what it meant to the Celtic tribes in battle
Would you try ‘Bog butter’ from 3,000 BC?
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- 5 WATCH: Ireland as seen from a horse-drawn caravan 50 years ago
- 6 Was the real King Arthur Irish?
- 7 Yeats’s Nobel Prize win marked a turning point in Irish literature
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- 9 Five books for researching your Irish family history