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.
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Murphy clan
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917
The dark side of green - my Irish immigrant family's tale of crime and corruption
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Brien Clan
The Crab Apple Tree: one of Ireland's oldest native Celtic trees
A guide to speaking like an Irish person
Traditional Irish name tops the list of the most mispronounced in the world
Connect with your Irish spirit: Learn the ancient language with this unique online course
On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
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
WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin
What is Ogham? A look at the ancient Irish alphabet
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy
