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.
Irish names creep in to United Kingdom’s most popular baby names list
Christmas Message to the Diaspora from President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins
Did Ireland’s favorite folklore character the leprechaun really originate in Italy?
Major new ancient discovery as important as Stonehenge made thanks to Irish heatwave
How scientists finally solved the mystery of the Irish Famine
Cork City Council honors the centenary of the Burning of Cork
On This Day: British forces begin the burning of Cork City
Ireland's historic disease disasters were far worse than Covid-19
Irish government launches 75 events for Irish aboard to celebrate Christmas
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
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
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
Genealogy
