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.
Week of events planned for the world’s first Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac
Hitler’s secret plans to invade Ireland
The Irish Homecoming - A letter to darling Sadie: the second child can be taken for granted by stressed out parents
Top ten surprises for Irish arriving to New York City - eccentrics, portions and the luck of the Irish
Brian Friel’s powerful “Freedom of the City” comes to New York’s Irish Rep Theater
Introducing Celtic Cause, Irish Fashion with philanthropic ties
Making the first run - why I made the move from Ireland to New York City
Famine Museum an inspiring tribute - world’s largest collection of Irish famine art at Quinnipiac, CT
Great Hunger Museum is new hallowed ground for Irish American’s to experience Ireland’s Famine 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
