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.
Forgotten no more - The tens of thousands of Irish who fought in the US Civil War
DNA kit deal will reveal the mysteries of your Irish family history
Why the Irish swear so much
Remarkable tombstone of Irish immigrant found under San Francisco home
Did John Kennedy Jr and Princess Diana have a secret meeting in NYC?
The Bloody Monday riots of 1855 were the most horrific attack on Irish Catholic immigrants
Five Irish American serial killers and evil doers - the worst Irish on earth
Irish housekeeper of the Confederate White House
The story behind teenage Bill Clinton and JFK’s handshake
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
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
What you should know about Irish American mobster “The Irishman” Danny Greene
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
Genealogy