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.
Helping low-wage workers save for the future
The high school basketball coach who could have gone pro but stayed
Win tickets to Ireland: Share your St. Patrick’s Day celebration videos
“Ireland Inspires” spectacular video message from home
The nun helping women build new lives after prison
The leprechaun Vs fairies: which are the most authentic Irish little folk?
A Groundhog St. Patrick’s Day in store for Irish
Paying tribute to the Rockaways heroes of Hurricane Sandy
President Higgins salutes the Irish abroad in St. Patrick’s Day message
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
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy