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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Remembering the Irish NYPD patrolman who wrote one of Ireland's most loved ballads
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The Irish roots behind America's Groundhog Day
Exploring Celestial Celtic-Christianity this St. Brigid's Day
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On This Day: Irish American icon Gene Kelly died in 1996
Most read
- 1 Book launch of "Rockin’ the Bronx" by Larry Kirwan coming to New York Irish Center
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
The Yorkshire Ripper's first victim was an Irish woman who survived
WATCH: A look at glorious, golden Galway more than 80 years ago
Dusty Springfield's real name was Mary O'Brien, born to Irish parents in London
Was the coward of the Titanic really a hero? The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" says yes
Genealogy
