IrishCentral

A new perspective on my Irish roots, thanks to the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

This Irish American was moved to see her family's original records during a genealogy consultation with the Irish Family ...
AOL

Trace your Irish family story from home this St. Patrick's Day with Ancestry's DNA test

Every March, St. Patrick's Day rolls around with parades, pints of Guinness, and plenty of Kelly green. But for many Irish Americans, it also brings something deeper: curiosity. Where exactly did your ...
Irish Central

This Irish genealogy group can help you trace your family roots

The Irish Family History Forum is an excellent resource for those searching for their links to the Emerald Isle. With a long history of emigration, Ireland is one of the best-represented nationalities ...
CNN

A new trove of records could help many reconnect with their Irish roots. They come from a surprising source

For more than a century, many people of Irish descent have faced a daunting predicament when searching for details about their families’ pasts. A 1922 fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin at ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Irish-Americans find community in food, music, and friendship

DEAR MOTHER ALIVE IN AN IRISH FAMILY TRADITION ISN’T JUST REMEMBERED, IT’S DEEPLY FELT IN THE BEATING OF THE DOUGH, IN THE RHYTHM OF AN OLD TUNE, OR IN THE WAY A MOTHER’S LOVE LINGERS LONG AFTER SHE’S ...

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

One hundred years after it was conducted, the first full census of independent Ireland is being released for free online. These nearly 3 million records will be of great significance to Ireland’s ...
The Nation

Can You Understand Ireland Through One Family’s Terrible Secret?

In Missing Persons, Clair Wills’s intimate story of institutionalized Irish women and children, shows how a family’s history and a nation’s history run in parallel. A bunch of flowers marks the spot ...