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 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
