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.
100 years ago today Michael Collins named treaty delegation - De Valera refused to join
Guess the only state in the US where an Irish last name ranks in the top three
On This Day: 99 Great Hunger refugees died off the coast of Massachusetts in 1849
Black Irish Identities: The complex relationship between Irish and African Americans
Police investigate robbery at pub in Ireland founded by Joe Biden's ancestors
Writing the songs of our ancestors - A reflexive exploration of identity
Experience Irish music like never before at the Masters Of Tradition Festival
LISTEN: Cillian Murphy narrates podcast on survivors of Tuam Mother and Baby Homes
Michael Collins' walking stick sells for astonishing £52,000 at auction
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
