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.
Handwritten Oscar Wilde poem “Heart's Yearnings” sells at auction for $104,000
Irish who were present when John F Kennedy visited Ireland asked to donate memorabilia
Double The Gathering fun as Twin Fest Ireland goes global to reunite twins
President Higgins leads Clare tribute to those who died in the Great Famine
Handwritten emigrant letters exhibition will go on display in Bruff, County Limerick
Museum to open part of 50th anniversary celebration of John F Kennedy’s visit
Find the place in Ireland that most closely matches the values in your life with the new Census map
Wexford choir featured on “Ed Sullivan Show” reunite for JFK50
Waterford artist Seamus Kelly bog art reflects on 13,000 years of Irish history
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- 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
