
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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- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
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History

Ireland's Gaelic games: A deep dive into Irish culture and heritage
The origins of Ireland's national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann
WATCH: One of James Cagney's last films was about the Irish War of Independence
The last letter written on board the doomed Titanic
On This Day: Irish literary star Oscar Wilde born in Dublin in 1854
Genealogy
