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.
US expert hits “the jackpot” after 13 summer archaeological dig in Roscommon
Burial plot at Manhattan’s Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the market for $7 million
The amazing tale of Ireland's strongest man, Michael "Butty" Sugrue
New study reveals what Iron Age Irish ate 2,500 years ago
$7 million armored car robbery by Northern Irishman to get Hollywood treatment
Virgin Mary said to make an appearance at Knock on this day in 1879
Leitrim locals want memorial for 4,000 orphans sent to Australia during Great Hunger
Irish convicts Down Under – the good and the bad
How to use Griffith’s Valuation for Irish family history research
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- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Real stories of the women buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin
Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
Genealogy
