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.
The moving origins of the giant Celtic cross in a Donegal forest
Where the Black Irish really came from and no, it wasn’t the Spanish Armada
The English land agent who inspired the "boycott" in 19th-century Ireland
Lock of Michael Collins' hair sells at auction for over $23k
The fascinating history of Cobh in Co Cork
Britain’s original Kings were Irish Celts
“No Irish Need Apply” signs existed despite denials, high schooler proved
Join in on the craic of St. Patrick's Festival by tuning into SPF TV anywhere in the world
Why we’re proud to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
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
Galway to host 2026 National Famine Commemoration
Ancient Christmas traditions that are still followed in Ireland
WATCH: Vintage Irish tourism video shows off the best bits of Ireland
When JFK reassured a little girl that the Russians would not kill Santa
WATCH: Dubliners brave a Christmas Day swim over 60 years ago
Genealogy
