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.
Family fight against "profoundly wrong" record of man executed in Easter Rising
Inspiring emigrant letters home to Ireland from America in the Famine era
Irish American’s 1967 beer run to visit buddies fighting in Vietnam War
Patrick Pearse's 1916 surrender letter sells in London - for over twice its estimated price
The most popular baby names in Ireland for 2015
Figures give dramatic picture of Irish as the founding immigrants in the USA
Irish journalist, academic say Great Famine was not genocide
Forgotten secrets for becoming an Irish beauty
Famous Irish proverbs and wise words translated into English
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
WATCH: Drive back in time through 1970s Dublin with this rare video
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
Genealogy
