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.
How an elephant named Cindy came to be memorialized in Co Roscommon
On the anniversary of the 1798 rebellion we remember the Irish rebel, Betsy Gray
Illegally adopted Irish woman finally finds birth parents thanks to DNA testing
Scientists investigating authenticity of message in bottle from French girl drowned on the Titanic
History awaits you as Ireland reopens this summer, get inspired
John F. Kennedy’s 60th inauguration anniversary honored with Irish Euro note
5 discoveries and inventions you never knew were made by the Irish
Claddagh Records relaunched as part of Universal Music
When John F. Kennedy’s ancestor's house was discovered in Co Limerick
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
