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.
Raise a pint of Guinness to St. James on his feast day
Doctors, lawyers, teachers also died in Famine workhouses
The Irish goodbye becomes famous
Famous explorer to unveil plaque honoring historic 1976 re-enactment of St. Brendan's voyage
Churchill's closest confidant was a secretive self-hating Irish immigrant
New York City's own Brexit - Evacuation Day celebrations of 1783
Ireland should have a national day of commemoration for the Great Hunger
How my Irish family inspired me to grow in life and business
150th anniversary of cable connecting Irish island to America celebrated
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
