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.
Church of Ireland parish registers are a genealogy goldmine
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow did not start the Great Chicago Fire 150 years ago
The Irish “Maypole Family” and reminiscing on my Uncle Packie Killeen
Call for new autopsy on Michael Collins as documentary makes new claims
Celebrating St. Finbarr's Day and the lone Gougane Barra
Kickoff your Fall with a fun family day of Irish culture on the Hudson
Granny, Countess Markievicz, and Me
The 40th annual Great Irish Fair of New York, back this weekend to Coney Island
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Sullivan Clan
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
