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.
A second hand pair of trousers and two Popes
Was this Irish spy the inspiration for James Bond’s ‘M?’
Remarkable Lusitania deck chair salvaged by Blasket islanders could go on display
Irish Family History: U.S. and Irish genealogists join forces to “chase” Irish ancestors
New Oscar Wilde exhibit hosts artwork imagined by nephew he never met
Ten-year-old Barney Flaherty was New York's first paperboy in 1833
International guests join The Genealogy Event in Limerick to connect with their Irish roots
Remembering Princess Diana's Irish ancestors on the anniversary of her death
Chicago woman adopted to the US aged 3 desperately seeks help returning to Ireland
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
