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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- 1 Lord Haw Haw: Hitler's infamous Irishman hanged for treason
- 2 On This Day: Brian Boru, legendary High King of Ireland, died in 1014
- 3 The perfect Irish potato salad recipe!
- 4 The real way to drink a pint of Guinness, or is it all nonsense?
- 5 Ireland's Travel Secrets: The Great Sugar Loaf in Co Wicklow
- 6 Ireland’s funniest regional jokes capture the spirit of the counties
- 7 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 8 The Camino de Santiago and its links to Ireland's Guinness
- 9 Step into color! April paints Ireland at its brightest
History
Honora “Nano” Nagle and the lantern that changed Irish education
Lord Haw Haw: Hitler's infamous Irishman hanged for treason
Micheál O’Hanrahan and the Easter Rising stand at Jacob’s Factory
In Shakespeare’s time, Irish poetry had the power to kill rats
On This Day: Brian Boru, legendary High King of Ireland, died in 1014
Genealogy