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.
Patriot grave: How forensic experts matched 1916 leader’s family DNA in order to identify him
5,000-year-old logboat found by fisherman in River Boyne
Jackie’s secret agent shares memories of JFK’s assassination
A Mayoman’s journey from New York to a French battlefield in World War I
Bridie (107) is the new star of the Galway Tribal Diaspora Project!
LISTEN: The first woman to receive the freedom of New York, part II
The Irish man who dug JFK’s grave and how it produced Jimmy Breslin’s “Gravedigger’s Theory”
How old was JFK when he died?
Storm dramatically reveals skeleton of 900-year-old murdered man in Ireland
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