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.
Baseball legend Jim Palmer discovers he was adopted from Irish parents
LISTEN: St Patrick's Day during the Great Hunger's Black '47
Irish man who lost both legs in work fall released from Australian hospital in time for St. Patrick's Day
Check out this Irish man's amazing tattoo of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott
US woman swaps life in sunny San Diego for dream cosy cottage in Donegal
Today is Sheelah's Day, honoring St. Patrick's oft forgotten wife
55 years after his death, John F. Kennedy speaks from the grave
80 million Irish genealogy records are free for Saint Patrick's Day weekend
An ode to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day - how it healed and changed me forever
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
Original historic US documents to go on display in Belfast this year
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
Genealogy