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.
The US and Canadian Roses competing in the 2019 Rose of Tralee
Earliest known photograph of Michael Collins revealed
Exclusive photos of 1913 Ireland from Irish newspaper An Claidheamh Soluis
WATCH: Award-winning 1965 Irish film will reawaken your love for Yeats
Australia's Irish famine commemoration takes place this weekend
Harry White - The last IRA Volunteer
Holt McCallany's Irish roots: Mindhunter star once lived in Dublin
Patrick MacMahon, the Irishman who became president of France
The ongoing battle to preserve the Irish language in Ireland
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