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.
Northern Irish family believed to be the oldest in the world
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A look at Ireland long ago, at the turn of the 20th century (VIDEOS)
Rare genetic mutation made Northern Ireland land of the giants
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Top ten last words of famous Irish leaders
Online MA in Gaelic Literature available from University College Cork
Halloween dig reveals 5,000-year-old tomb under haunted Hellfire Club
Always wanted to speak Irish? Get started here (VIDEOS)
Most read
- 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 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 7 Donald Trump at Doonbeg: what’s happening on the final day of his visit
- 8 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 9 On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
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
