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.
Robert Emmet and Sarah Curran - a grave mystery
The African American abolitionists who visited Ireland in the 1800s
One third of Irish people believe Leprechauns exist
The search for grave of Irish patriot Robert Emmet documented with new photo collection
Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick And Our "Lovely Leitrim" miracle moment
Top romantic places in Ireland to propose on Leap Day
Kennedy family photos like you've never seen before
Irish writer meets with the 'lonely hearts' who visit St. Valentine's Dublin shrine
Irish seniors together for decades talk about love
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
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
Titanic hero Irishman Thomas Andrews epitomized bravery as ship went down
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
Genealogy
