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.
Boston's first Irish cop faced widespread prejudice when he was appointed in 1851
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," was born in 1745
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brady clan
Famous people past and present with Irish grandfathers
How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
The history, facts and meaning behind the Irish name Butler
Remembering a Sligo man killed in the World Trade Center
Queen Elizabeth and King Charles III are descendants of Irish High King Brian Boru
Irish names among most popular in the United States over last 100 years
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- 3 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 4 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 5 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 6 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 7 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 8 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
- 9 President Michael D. Higgins accuses Israel of leaking his Iran letter