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.
WATCH: US travel documentary from 1934 gives glimpse of Ireland
The Irish didn't just come to America, they helped create it
Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
Famine in an Irish town – how Dingle survived the Great Hunger
How Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was linked to Sligo’s cholera outbreak
Alexis Mac Allister: Ireland's distant link to World Cup glory
The myths and legends of the Giant’s Causeway
Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
The most popular boy and girl names in Ireland 1978
On This Day: IRA and British called a truce in the War of Independence in 1921
Most read
- 1 The pros and cons of marrying an Irishman
- 2 Five things you didn't know about the Cliffs of Moher
- 3 Exploring Ireland's Gaeltachts: A revival of the Irish language
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 5 Milwaukee Irish Fest returns to the lakefront with new headliners and hidden gems
- 6 Black Widows of Liverpool: The Irish sisters suspected of being prolific serial killers
- 7 Glen Hansard was preparing for busy year before his tragic death
- 8 JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland
- 9 “Bang Bang” the famous Dublin’s character and lover of Westerns remembered
History
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
On This Day: Henry Ford was born in Detroit
Unsung Irish heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg
“Bang Bang” the famous Dublin’s character and lover of Westerns remembered
JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland
Genealogy
