
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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Famous century-old “Dancing at the crossroads” group identified
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Secret tales of an Irish boyhood long ago
Eleventh-hour plea for Biden to restore rank of Pearl Harbor commanding officer
The search for an ancestor brings two Irish American families together
Interesting characters from the Easter Rising revealed
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- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History

Most famous Irish royal couples of all time
On This Day: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Tea drinking in Ireland was once viewed as "reckless and uncontrollable"
How to celebrate the Summer Solstice the Irish way
Genealogy
