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 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
