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.
Ten more ways you know you were brought up by Irish parents
Brass plate from Oliver Cromwell’s coffin goes to auction
Dublin’s 1916 Rising Freedom Trail will be based on Boston’s
D-Day hero honors WWII Irish soldiers during French highest honor acceptance speech
Sinn Fein takes major step as McGuinness to honor World War I Irish
5 things you didn't know about your Mayo ancestors
1,500-year-old Galway bones and antlers believed to be part of ancient rituals
Quinnipiac Irish Famine museum puts records of the Great Hunger online
Debates bound to arise surrounding the 1916 Easter Rising centenary
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- 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