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 Irish US Senator who served three states and (almost) fought a duel with Lincoln
Exploring all of County Waterford and its Viking past
The Irish boy names given to only five babies or less in 2024
WATCH: Life of a Tipperary Road Worker in rural Ireland, 1968
Behind the name: Claire, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
What's your Irish County? County Sligo
What's your Irish County? County Roscommon
Famine era letters to the US document the horrors of Ireland's Great Hunger
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- 2 Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
- 3 Taoiseach has his say on Israel boycott – says Ireland doesn’t need to be ‘self-defeating’
- 4 Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford
- 5 Ireland's unique and amazing animals
- 6 On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
- 7 WATCH: Incredible drone footage brings you inside ancient Blarney Castle
History
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Genealogy
