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.
The Nebraska town founded by the Irish Civil War general who invaded Canada
5 Things you didn’t know about your Tyrone ancestors
Visit America’s biggest family history show
Over 10 million Irish & British newspaper records online on Findmypast
How an Irish pioneer named the town of Rathdrum, Idaho after his village
Unbaptized babies denied Christian burial unites Irish and US families
Sinn Fein launches their own 1916 commemoration after “embarrassing” gov efforts (VIDEO)
Sister cities: Kilkenny, Minnesota and Kilkenny, Ireland
Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown, was settled by Irish emigrants in the 1800s
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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
