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.
Exploring the journeys of my Irish ancestors to America
Harvard Irish course will study colonialism, civil war and today’s Ireland
How a special train journey helped me connect with my Irish ancestors
Ghosts of the Irish Famine immigrants haunt Montreal's streets
During WWII, a medium convinced the US Minister to Ireland that de Valera secretly sided with Germany
How Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty once led a "Council of the Unemployed" occupancy in Dublin
A century after his death, Wexford still reveres this Irish rebel
Create the perfect memorial for your loved one by learning about their Irish roots
One Irish baby name has topped the US charts for 44 years in the past century
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
