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.
A bit of background on Irish newspapers
Irish family history: what to use instead of census records
A famine walk in Cork remembers a dreadful time
Composer of first Irish opera was among Lusitania victims
Last Irish solider to be pardoned for fighting Nazis in WWII dies
The famous Fitzgerald clan celebrate 800 years
Your Irish ancestors in Britain
1,000 years of Irish medieval history in one day (VIDEO)
Irish woman murdered at Duffy’s Cut in 1832 begins journey home
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- 4 "No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
- 5 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 6 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 7 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 8 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 9 Remote Irish beach crowned top beauty spot for autumn escape
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
