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.
Honoring 10,000 Irish immigrants who built the US railroads
On This Day: 1916 Easter Rising executions continue to the shock of many Irish people
The tale of a foiled fairy abduction
On This Day: Joseph Mary Plunkett, 1916 Easter Rising leader, is executed
Inside Ireland’s oldest pub - it might be the oldest in the world!
Etiquette tips to know before traveling to Ireland
Fun facts about Dublin, Ireland's capital city
Mayo Day 2019 to be celebrated in New York City on May 4
Dublin memorial honoring 13,000 Irish killed at WWI Flanders Fields opened
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
WATCH: An intimate, fascinating look into the history of Ireland’s folklife
Ancient Irish legends and myths surrounding the Cliffs of Moher
Give the gift of Irish heritage and storytelling this Christmas
The ancient Irish tradition of hunting the wren on St. Stephen’s Day
WATCH: Wonderful short film documents St. Stephen's Day tradition of Hunting the Wren
Genealogy