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.
40,000 Irish fought for the Confederate Army in the US Civil War
Family history, family mystery - where did my Irish great-grandfather end up?
Irish woman appalled family have been mispronouncing their child's Irish name
John F. Kennedy, Jr: facts about the president's son
The most famous redheads in the world
Irish authors and writers you should know, from James Joyce to Oscar Wilde
Meet Kate Tyrrell, the first Irish woman to be a ship’s sea captain
Supporters rally to protest Ireland's Great Hunger Museum closure
Montreal promises long fought for Irish Famine memorial site
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
Real stories of the women buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin
Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
From the Famine to Five Points - history of Irish pubs in the USA
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
Genealogy
