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.
Science claims Irish mammies are more often wrong than right
Ancient Burren settlement offers fascinating glimpse into Ireland’s past
Did Irish emigrants invent ice hockey in Canada?
Martin Sheen was proud to be arrested with Irish priest of Vietnam drafts (AUDIO)
The Irish who narrowly escaped execution
Vice President Joe Biden set for Irish visit in late June
Washington DC statue of Robert Emmet rededicated
Is a thyroid problem a holdover from our famine ancestors?
Born on this day in 1806 was an Irishman who dueled with Abraham Lincoln
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- 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