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.
In Ireland, the county you are from is of vital importance
The Irish War Cry and what it meant to the Celtic tribes in battle
Would you try ‘Bog butter’ from 3,000 BC?
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's ancestral link to an Irish slave owner
After 1950s forced adoption New Yorker is reunited with his Irish mother
When a 2,600-year-old Celtic princess was discovered in Germany
Maura Murray: Still missing after 13 long years
Knock Blessed Virgin visionary to be reburied at old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NY
Britain’s Prince Charles has ancestral links to Brian Boru and Kilkenny
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