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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The short, unhappy life of my great-grandfather Patrick O’Hanlon
The Irish flag and the Ivory Coast flag - the two most confused flags in the world
Most read
- 1 Famous film and TV locations in Ireland you can actually visit
- 2 Irish famine emigrant's emotional letter home to Mom and Dad in 1850
- 3 Dublin Irish Festival returns to Ohio with music, dance and more
- 4 Remembering Countess Markievicz, the rebel who died 99 years ago today
- 5 Mucros Weavers keeps Irish weaving in motion
- 6 Saints, sailors, distilleries and demesnes, County Offaly has it all
- 7 Jamey Carney murder: Legal battle to bring suspect to Ireland could take months
- 8 WATCH: What did "new look" fashion look like in 1970s Ireland?
- 9 Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
History
The Leitrim orphan girl who became New Orleans' "Mother of Orphans"
The Irish didn't just come to America, they helped create it.
Irish famine emigrant's emotional letter home to Mom and Dad in 1850
Remembering Countess Markievicz, the rebel who died 99 years ago today
Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
Genealogy
