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.
What do a pint of Guinness, the Pope and the Queen of England have in common?
Tracing emigrant Irish roots of Texan presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Irishman who inspired "Mary Poppins" and Roosevelt’s New Deal Program celebrated
Walking the “Belfast to Derry” and “Selma to Montgomery” trail in the name of civil rights
Was Ireland a good tourist spot in the '80s?
Patrick Andrew Collins - the Boston mayor from a farm outside Cork
Mottos of Northern Ireland counties beautifully mapped out in new illustration
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
