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.
Discover how you can use your Irish heritage in an online memorial to you loved one
Rare Kennedy family photos now available online, thanks to JFK Library
Dublin's newest museum maps a journey from Georgian house to tenement dwelling
Who were the Black Irish, and what is their story?
The real-life “Jaws” - New Jersey shark attacks in 1916
Dublin Magdalene Laundry closed in 1996 could be a museum to women and children who suffered
Tickets now available to discover your history at The Genealogy Event in New York
Exciting new documentary on Irish rebel Seán Mac Diarmada available to view for free
Irish dancer Bridget Oei named runner-up in Miss America 2018 pageant
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