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.
LISTEN: Liam Neeson and Conan O'Brien on their Irish roots (and Guinness)
Irish immigrant museum explores Notre Dame's historic roots with Ireland
How Eamon de Valera got involved with Michael Collins' tombstone
On This Day: IRA kills Lord Mountbatten in Co Sligo ambush
On This Day: The Dublin Lockout begins in 1913
WATCH: Amazing color footage of life in Killarney 75 years ago
"Empowered" Rose of Tralee set to return home to New York this weekend
Ireland's lesser-known Famine, the history of the Year of the Slaughter
"Planting roots in Ireland", meaningful reasons behind the gift of an Irish Heritage Tree
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin
What is Ogham? A look at the ancient Irish alphabet
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy