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.
Ancient logboat discovered on the banks of the River Boyne “very rare”
Archaeologist uncovers 300-year-old high heels, tea and jewels in Irish castle
Petty court records offer snapshot of life in 1800s rural Irish communities
Secrets of 5,200-year-old Irish woman, 4,000-year-old men revealed in genome project
The light skin of the Irish can be traced to India and the Middle East
Boys Town founder Fr. Flanagan warned Irish Church about abuse
Historians find possible mass grave of Spanish Armada victims in Co. Clare
The tale of the Swede and the Finn who fought at the GPO in the 1916 Rising
Getting off the American treadmill to live the Irish dream
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- 2 The ten most beautiful places to visit in Ireland
- 3 Remembering Tom Crean, the Co Kerry ice man
- 4 Murders show savagery of day-to-day life during Great Hunger
- 5 WATCH: US travel documentary from 1934 gives glimpse of Ireland
- 6 Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
- 7 Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, a bridge to Ireland, Greece and Japan
- 8 Rolled pavlova with Irish strawberries and cream recipe
- 9 Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois
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