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.
Connect with Bronze Age Ireland with Irish Heritage Tree
Irish imprisoned in Bermuda during the Great Famine for stealing food
How a storm brought salvation to a Co Kerry community during the Great Famine
Three Irish sites nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status
On this day: “Bloody Friday”, 22 bombs during worst day of Northern Ireland’s Troubles
Photos of US army tanks and shipwrecks off the coast of Ireland
How New York Jewish leaders made major Irish famine relief donations
On This Day: JFK tells Americans "we choose to go to the moon"
Donegal Square releases new Irish Fantasy Football League clothing range
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
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
The unique Irish history of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery
Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Kilmainham Gaol reveals surprise link between Jessie Buckley and 1916 Rising
Genealogy