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 many reasons to visit and fall for ‘Lovely Leitrim’ in the year of The Gathering

Looted Bronze Age treasure trove of 900 coins and weapons returned from Britain

Irish Consul General Noel Kilkenny and historian Christine Kinealy discuss the Great Hunger at Rochester ‘Irish Gathering’

Scientists pinpoint organism which caused Ireland’s devastating 1845 potato blight

Thousands of Great Hunger victims died in Staten Island quarantine

Irish dance and sci-fi - Alan Kenefick choreographs Prodijig’s new show “Footstorm” - VIDEOS

Kennedy Leadership Forum Launched for JFK50 in New Ross, County Wexford

Ring of Cork Festival showcases community spirit for the Gathering

Descendants of the founders of the Transatlantic Cable gather on Valentia Island

Ten cats who can’t wait for their Gathering vacation to Ireland - PHOTOS

History

Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising

Kilmainham Gaol reveals surprise link between Jessie Buckley and 1916 Rising

Recounting the creation of Brendan Behan's death mask

Irish woman who defied the Nazis remembered

Remarkable footage of the Cliffs of Moher in 1957

Genealogy

This St. Patrick's Day, be a Friend of IrishCentral and together we can support each other

The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada

Remarkable life stories from my grandmother's family in post-Famine Ireland

Irish Mother's Day: Ten things you’ll hear an Irish mammy say

International Women's Day - The inspiring lives of some of Ireland's fiercest females

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