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.
EPIC Irish heroes and villains who “made it” in America
LA’s oldest Irish bar Tom Bergin’s to close after 81 years in business
John F Kennedy no longer has family links to County Cavan
From Troubles to peace – rare Northern Ireland archives go online
Scientists studying Irish Famine reveal women more likely to survive life-threatening situations
Turns out Prince Harry’s Meghan Markle is a Galway girl after all
Standing on the shoulders of giants - the mighty legacy of John Hume
10 ways to turn anywhere in the world into Ireland
Calling all O’Briens - the clan is heading home 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
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