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.
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
How Oscar Wilde become the first celebrity “famous for being famous”
The Thanksgiving tradition of Ragamuffin Day in Irish neighborhoods
Irish blessings for you and your family this Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, express your gratitude by saying "thank you" in Irish
How the Irish saved Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an American holiday Ireland should embrace
How 250 Irish convicts survived a shipwreck in Australia, in 1791
Collect your Irish family history around the Thanksgiving dinner table
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- 3 The top Irish filming locations from "The Banshees of Inisherin"
- 4 Police learn where Glen Hansard spent final hours between Wren’s Nest and fatal crash
- 5 Ireland's most popular counties and their top attractions
- 6 Irish politicians trying to ensure Trump stays away from parliament – and a Connolly clash
- 7 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 8 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
- 9 Elevated dining on the island of Ireland - The heart of Irish cuisine
History
When the Blasket Islanders were evacuated to mainland in 1953
On This Day: Thomas Francis Meagher, the greatest Irishman in American history, was born
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
Genealogy
