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.
150 years later, Mass. volunteers prepare to relive Irish Brigade in Battle Of Gettysburg
No such thing as "No Irish Need Apply" signs argues historian
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In Focus: Michelle K. Smith IrishCentral intern and NYU history grad student
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The past will come alive at the second History Festival of Ireland in Carlow
‘Sligo - Who Knew?’ initiative using social media to publicize county’s hidden gems
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History
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
The unique Irish history of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery
Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Kilmainham Gaol reveals surprise link between Jessie Buckley and 1916 Rising
Genealogy