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.
Denis McDonough new Obama Chief of Staff deeply proud of his Irish heritage
A history of fashion - a slideshow of photo shoots from when Vogue visited Ireland in 1959 - PHOTOS
How to be Irish for The Gathering – do you have what it takes to pull it off?
Five million invited to the Rose of Tralee for The Gathering 2013
Our unusual Irish ancestors – the poets, madmen and scoundrels who hail from Ireland
Irish are the third largest ethnic group in New York at 400,000
Chief Justice John Roberts has strong ties to County Limerick
The Gathering effect? Numbers traveling to Ireland from United States soar
DNA tests offered to parents to check if their child will be a redhead
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
