
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.

An emotional journey home - hunting my grandmother's grave in Galway
Genetic mapping reveals ancestry between Ireland and Scotland
Top ancient Irish Halloween traditions
Ghost of young girl haunts Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, claim guests and staff
On This Day: Irish WWII hero Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty was born
Muhammad Ali becomes Heavyweight Champion for the second time on this day in 1974
The fascinating history of Ché Guevara’s Irish ancestry
Top gods and goddesses from Celtic mythology
All of Ireland’s Catholic Church records available online
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Heartbreaking images from Northern Ireland remind us why we can never return to the Troubles
How Sybil Connolly led the Irish invasion into the fashion world
The incredible story of the first American ship to bring Famine relief to Ireland
Genealogy
