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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Irish photographer’s unearthly snap of Northern Lights and Milky Way
Was the Battle of Clontarf the equivalent of the Easter Rising?
Cambridge scholar claims ancient account of the Battle of Clontarf is fiction
Cornish join Welsh, Irish and Scots as Celtic minority (VIDEOS)
16th century woodcut proves Irish were the original hipsters
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History
Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
How an Irish maid saved Emily Dickinson's poetry
Help trace the story of the Baron of Broadway, the Irishman who made and lost fortunes
From Spanish Armada to World War II, explore the Wild Atlantic Way's sunken ships
Irish American Hollywood star Grace Kelly remembered on anniversary of her death
Genealogy
