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.
Strange Irish curses to hex your enemy
One in five Black and Tans were Irish - women often abused by vicious force
The Irish Bucket List: Things to do in Ireland before you die
Seeking the Primrose girls, 156 Irish immigrants to Canada from small Galway town
When the rodeo came to Dublin's Croke Park in 1924
How to apply for Irish citizenship
Con Lehane - forgotten Irish labor activist who died in New York 100 years ago
Was Irish witch Darkey Kelly really Ireland’s first serial killer?
McNuggets! The history of gold mining in County Wicklow
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
