
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.

Forgotten hero Frank McClean paved the way for modern airplane travel
Finding my cherished connection to Ireland - The Gathering from the perspective of the Diaspora
The Gathering gives boost to Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
Elvis Presley’s ancestors were Irish and from Carlow says author of new report
In Focus: Craig Kanalley - online journalist at the Huffington Post, New York
Nominating speech for Joe Biden for Irish America Hall of Fame
Statue of Liberty reopens on Independence Day - Ellis Island could remain closed due to Sandy damage
The best of Joe Biden's quotes on Ireland - Irish American Hall of Fame inductee on immigration reform
Handkerchief waved on Bloody Sunday among 100 objects that define Irish history
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
Leonard Cohen’s haunting rendition of Irish rebel song, "Kevin Barry"
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, the Irish-born American union organizer
Michael Malloy - the Irishman in The Bronx that could not be murdered
Stunning images reveal "the dark underbelly of rural Irish life"
Genealogy
