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.
Bog bodies are kings sacrificed by Celts
Born again as I walked the ancient land of Ireland
How America saved Patrick Pearse’s school St. Enda’s
Stranger in my own land -- Why Ireland is not for me, says returned emigrant
A 16-year-old's dilemma - "Am I Irish or Australian?"
8th century Irish brain surgeons saw cancer and TB
Growing up in 1950s Catholic Ireland wasn’t all bad - there were happy times too
Which town called Dublin in America is the most Irish?
Nazi death camps held 50 Irish it has been revealed, only 28 survived
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