
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 O’Dowds have taken over!
Tracing your Irish family history: Newspapers
Memorial to youngest Allied WWI soldier to die unveiled in Waterford
The origin of the Irish county.
Mass grave of up to 800 dead babies exposed in County Galway
Online archive of WWI letters gives glimpse into the Irish experience of war
Portraits of Irish emigrants before and after leaving (PHOTOS)
Irish curse lifted in time for big Triple Crown race at Belmont (VIDEO)
Branch out and discover your family tree this June with IrishCentral
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History

On This Day: Irish poet, writer and nationalist John Boyle O’Reilly died
The best quotes from Irish Hollywood legend Maureen O'Hara
Irish language’s centuries-old roots explored in new DNA study
On This Day Louisa Jo Killen, who sang with The Clancy Brothers, died
The true history of “It's a Long Way to Tipperary”
Genealogy
