
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.

The world's fascination with Ireland's fairy folklore
New TG4 doc explores book banned 100 years ago for being "too dangerous"
This Christmas as you decorate your tree consider planting your Irish roots in Ireland
Tales of ancient Irish heroes more accessible in online database
50 tragic portraits of Irish Famine victims in the poorhouses of New York
Did the ancient Celts practice human sacrifice?
Ancient Irish DNA revealed incredible secrets, including Down Syndrome
Do you have a fairy in your family?
On This Day: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Irish-born American union organizer dies
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

On This Day: The Irish Crown Jewels disappear from Dublin Castle in 1907
WATCH: An incredible tram ride through 1901 Belfast
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Genealogy
