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.
On This Day: The fatal "Night Of The Big Wind" took place across Ireland in 1839
A comforting Irish potato and cheese soup recipe
The most popular Irish baby names on Irish passport applications in 2023
Winter memories of Co Tyrone in the 1960s
How many places named Belfast are there in the US?
Inis Meáin's past and present captured in new TG4 documentary
Irish museum honors The Pogues and Shane MacGowan with EPIC new exhibition
How the Jews saved an Irish Christmas in The Bronx
Happy solstice! How to watch Newgrange's magical light display live from Ireland
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
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy