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.
Incredible true story of an Olympic athlete turned cop, turned kingpin criminal mastermind
Vaccines are on their way! Spare a thought for the Irishman who invented the syringe
The Irish maid who witnessed Lizzie Borden's horrific axe murders
The Fenian Beatles - the Fab Four's Irish heritage examined
Death of super-spy George Blake recalls Irishman’s role in his daring escape from British jail
Eleven moments that changed Ireland’s history
100 years of Connelly family patriotism serving the US
How to trace your roots in Ireland - tips on finding your Irish ancestors
The Blackcastle Races - IRA escape from a troop of British soldiers in 1920
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
Martinmas in Ireland and its geese, blood rites and old customs
Armistices Day: Irish World War I soldier describes his experiences
On This Day: Outlaw Ned Kelly executed in Australia in 1880
Remembrance Sunday: Nearly 1,000 Irish died serving US army in World War I
On This Day: George Bernard Shaw wins the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925
Genealogy
