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.
Award winning Irish documentary ‘Men at Lunch’ signs deal with U.S. distributor – VIDEO
Irish people in UK 'less likely to identify themselves as British'
The many reasons to visit and fall for ‘Lovely Leitrim’ in the year of The Gathering
Looted Bronze Age treasure trove of 900 coins and weapons returned from Britain
Irish Consul General Noel Kilkenny and historian Christine Kinealy discuss the Great Hunger at Rochester ‘Irish Gathering’
Scientists pinpoint organism which caused Ireland’s devastating 1845 potato blight
Thousands of Great Hunger victims died in Staten Island quarantine
Irish dance and sci-fi - Alan Kenefick choreographs Prodijig’s new show “Footstorm” - VIDEOS
Kennedy Leadership Forum Launched for JFK50 in New Ross, County Wexford
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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
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
