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.
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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
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
The unique Irish history of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery
Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Kilmainham Gaol reveals surprise link between Jessie Buckley and 1916 Rising
Genealogy