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.
IrishCentral readers’ favorite Irish names for boys or girls
The truths behind some spooky urban legends for Halloween
New study provides "faint glimmer of hope" that Fungie is still alive
Historic Medieval manuscript donated to University College Cork
250k Irish names online on new database
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
Long journey home: 170 years later an American family reconnects with their Irish island roots
Ireland's Maria Doyle en route to represent France in the Eurovision 2021
Renowned Irish American designer Paul Costelloe creates exclusive range for The Irish Store
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
