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.
Celebrating the life of hero WW2 priest who saved thousands from the Nazis
Limerick man who approved the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
Irish rebel hero Kevin Barry’s mother was refused an Irish pension new records show
Can Ireland's red squirrels be saved from extinction?
Al Capone, US politics and the bad old immigrants
The truth about JFK’s assassination could be about to come out
Glucksman Ireland House NYU asked IrishCentral readers which word best sums up Ireland
An Irish blessing for those in the path of Hurricane Ophelia
Did the Irish bomb the 1939 New York World Fair?
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
