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 ancient race who ruled Ireland and their magic harp
The best stories from Irish mythology
Did the ancient Celts practice human sacrifice?
The ancient Irish myth Children of Lir, the basis for Swan Lake
Why the Irish Love a Freebie and How Incentives Have Evolved
Who is the Irish demon girl from ancient myths and legends?
A hard Christmas it was in London in the 1960s
The history behind Ireland’s ancient Druids
Irish Legend: The Song of Fionuala of the Children of Lir
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History
How Daniel O'Connell became Ireland's Great Emancipator and won Catholic rights
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
The dark secrets behind the Kennedy family's Camelot image
Genealogy
