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.
Remembering the Irish NYPD patrolman who wrote one of Ireland's most loved ballads
The Irish immigrant who penned New Zealand's national anthem
The smell of an open fire in Ireland is intoxicating, but what is Irish turf?
Unique Irish spin on this classic baby name is on the rise in Ireland
WATCH: How glamorous was Galway in this 1957 tourism video?
On This Day: Charles Stewart Parnell married Kitty O’Shea
WATCH: Fascinating footage of an Irish community gathering peat 100 years ago
Keeping the ancient fires of Saint John's Eve burning bright in Ireland
Pride Month: Philip Treacy, legendary fashion designer
Most read
- 1 A real-life horror story of the Irish cannibal who terrorized Australia
- 2 How big is Ireland? The answer might surprise you!
- 3 Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
- 4 Ireland's most breathtaking natural wonders that deserve a spot on your travel list
- 5 How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
- 6 How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
- 7 Homemade blackberry jam and custard donuts bring back a taste of Irish summer
- 8 These Baileys Irish cream cheese swirl brownies are pure indulgence
- 9 Trump's whirlwind Ireland visit will mix diplomacy, protests and golf
History
How Daniel O'Connell became Ireland's Great Emancipator and won Catholic rights
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
The dark secrets behind the Kennedy family's Camelot image
Genealogy
