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 tale of the Irishman who inspired the fictional hero Zorro
JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland
Secrets about the Kennedy family you didn’t know
Role of the Irish defenders at the Alamo is almost forgotten
Ireland’s Cú Chulainn was a Mayan god too
The traumatic birth of Rosemary Kennedy amidst pandemic
On This Day: Ellis Island, American gateway to 3.5 million Irish immigrants, closed in 1954
Bobby Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe affair confirmed by letter
Tracing Lindsay Lohan’s Irish roots
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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