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.
In Focus: Tim Herlihy - Tullamore Dew U.S. ambassador in New York
Wexford celebrates real-life ‘Irish Zorro’ with a Mexican Festival
Connecticut university hosts symposium on the legacy of Ireland’s Great Hunger
Gates in Derry city aimed to quell sectarian disorder during “The Troubles” symbolically taken down
‘Scéal na Gaeilge’ - the Story of Irish wins Best Factual Entertainment at Celtic Media Festival - VIDEO
The Joe Heaney Festival of Traditional Singing kicks off in Connemara
Ireland’s Leitrim Tourism launches search for Leitrim ambassadors in the US
Harlan Coben, Mary Higgins Clark among readings at “Crime Writing & Outlaw Tales”
Memorial for Irish war heroes who died in Korean War erected in Seoul
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
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
Titanic hero Irishman Thomas Andrews epitomized bravery as ship went down
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Genealogy
