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.
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Over half a million Irish historical records are now free to explore online
JFK's "hopeless" romance with an Irish American starlet
Guinness s'more pie recipe
Aran Woollen Mills keeps Irish craft at the heart of modern knitwear
Fascinating facts about the Celts that still surprise historians
Most read
- 1 Returning home, rediscovering Ireland: Why some journeys mean more
- 2 WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
- 3 'Blessed to have known her' Film world remembers Brenda Fricker
- 4 Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford
- 5 On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
- 6 On This Day: "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt died in 2009
- 7 The myths and legends of the Giant’s Causeway
- 8 Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you
- 9 WATCH: Incredible drone footage brings you inside ancient Blarney Castle
History
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you
The myths and legends of the Giant’s Causeway
Genealogy
