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 Irish Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
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The German war cemetery in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains
On This Day: US President John F Kennedy was born in 1917
Exploring all of County Waterford and its Viking past
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Famine in an Irish town – how Dingle survived the Great Hunger
The Dearg Dur - the origin story of the Waterford legend
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