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.
Interactive StoryMaps bring Galway’s unique heritage to life
Recipes inspired by James Joyce's Dublin for Bloomsday
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
LAST CHANCE: Win a VIP trip to the largest Irish music festival, Milwaukee Irish Fest!
The German war cemetery in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains
On This Day: US President John F Kennedy was born in 1917
Famine in an Irish town – how Dingle survived the Great Hunger
Celebrating the Irish who fought in the US Civil War this Memorial Day
Cork witness recorded shock at poverty and death during the Great Hunger
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