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.
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
This month in history: The Spanish land at Kinsale in 1601
Irish diaspora: What country has the most people of Irish heritage?
Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?
Meet the gay Irish icons who shaped literature, revolution and pride
Molly Maguires: remembering one of the biggest federal executions in US history
Free and useful Irish genealogy websites to assist in your family history search
On This Day: “Quiet Man” director John Ford passed away in 1973
Mum backs decision to give daughter this ‘hard-to-pronounce’ Irish name
Most read
- 1 Bake perfect Irish brown bread at home with this foolproof traditional recipe
- 2 Discover the ten essentials that make up a true Irish breakfast
- 3 Robert Emmet's words from Dublin's scaffold still stir Irish hearts today
- 4 Ten Irish American writers who transformed American literature with their unique voices
- 5 From a Clare classroom to revolution, how Michael Cusack created the GAA
- 6 Ireland's second cities: Venture past the obvious in these hidden gems
- 7 Irish American discovers his great-grandfather in a 1929 Seattle railroad photo
- 8 Aer Lingus honors Dolly Parton with EI95 flight number on Dublin to Nashville route
- 9 Step back in time through Ireland's Shannon Region of castles and ancient wonders
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