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.
Famous famine letter once owned by Rita Hayworth's family returns to Skibbereen
On This Day: Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol received its first prisoners in 1796
Young female 1916 Rising fighter in the GPO tells her story
St. James’s Hospital Dublin's history as a workhouse for destitute beggars
Beautiful Irish baby names inspired by places in Ireland
Famed poet Dylan Thomas and his wild adventures at the ancient Irish Puck Fair
LISTEN: A history of the Great Hunger ballad "Skibbereen"
WATCH: Choir's infectious rendition of ancient Irish language song
On This Day: Irish poet, writer and nationalist John Boyle O’Reilly was borrn
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