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.
Auction of Patrick Pearse’s mysterious second note of surrender in 1916
The near disaster of my first holy communion
Waist-high snowfall in 822 AD led to Irish famine and death
Irish American Civil War soldier’s last letter home, found on his dead body
Retracing my Irish great-grandmother’s steps in her little village of New York City
Dublin woman discovers she was born into Nazi breeding program
Remembering ‘Longest Day’ author Cornelius Ryan
Rare Irish silver from Cromwell era to be auctioned in England
Keeping the home fires burning - the Irish thatched cottage
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
Was the coward of the Titanic really a hero? The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" says yes
When Dubliners’ "Seven Drunken Nights" was banned for being too rude
"Lost memoir" sheds light on former Taoiseach's views on JFK, America
Remembering trailblazing Irish American photographer Anna Frances Levins
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
Genealogy
