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.
Book review: ‘A Guide to Irish Churches and Graveyards’ by Brian Mitchell
Memorial in Cornwall, Ontario, to honor Irish Famine immigrants
Easter 1916 commemoration a “shambles” say families
Unseen images of the doomed Titanic
Obama's ancestral home in Offaly cashing in on POTUS' roots
The evolutions of Irish wedding traditions past and present
Watch this mash-up of characters across film history declare ‘I’m Irish’ (VIDEO)
Take the test! How Irish are you really?
Celebrating the man behind “A Nation Once Again” and “The West’s Awake” (VIDEOS)
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- 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
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
WATCH: An Oscar-nominated look at the history of Dublin's Abbey Theatre
On This Day: Arthur Griffith, who helped launch Sinn Féin and shape modern Ireland, was born in 1872
Mystery of Irish World War II hero finally solved after six decades
Genealogy
