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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Protecting the dawn chorus through nests lined with human hair
County Mayo people worldwide will celebrate “Mayo Day”
Was 1916 leader Joseph Plunkett a roller-skating champion in Algeria?
On This Day: Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect in 1949
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland goes home to his Mayo roots
Missing 1,490 remembered in Famine walk from Strokestown to Dublin
Could Orange be the new green in Ireland as some are seeking?
Using social histories and directories for your Irish family tree
Most read
- 1 Discover where nature meets heritage with CIE Tours' NEW Ireland Walking & Hiking tours
- 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
On This Day: JFK arrives in Ireland for historic visit in 1963
WIN a private walking tour of Dublin's Georgian architecture with lunch at the Merrion Hotel
On This Day: President Kennedy delivers his iconic Berlin Wall speech in Germany
WATCH: Hozier delivers Irish history lesson during concert in Boston's Fenway Park
The siege of the Four Courts: The beginning of the Irish Civil War
Genealogy
