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.
Spectacular photos in “Reflections of Ireland” help support Irish Hospice
Things you didn't know about Ireland
All the #WednesdayWisdom you need with these Irish sayings and witty remarks
World’s oldest bog body was Irish high king killed due to crop failure
Remembering Father Alec Reid who created the Irish peace process (VIDEO)
Irish government gives leases to heritage castles to private companies
You know you're Irish if...
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the son of Irish immigrants playwright Eugene O’Neill
New book looks at history of Catholic Ireland's overseas army
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- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
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- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
History
Why the Irish no longer mark Remembrance Day
More than 30,000 Irish soldiers lost in World War I named in online archive
Armistice Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
On This Day: IRA bomb kills 12 at Enniskillen Remembrance Day service in 1987
On this Day: Bram Stoker, the Irish author of "Dracula," was born in 1847
Genealogy