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 Dublin Lockout begins in 1913
WATCH: Amazing color footage of life in Killarney 75 years ago
"Empowered" Rose of Tralee set to return home to New York this weekend
Ireland's lesser-known Famine, the history of the Year of the Slaughter
"Planting roots in Ireland", meaningful reasons behind the gift of an Irish Heritage Tree
Rare footage of Michael Collins during Irish Civil War revealed
WATCH: The Irish town ‘steeped in sorrow’ after JFK’s assassination
How Maureen O'Hara became Hollywood royalty
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
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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
Where is the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world?
The Irishman who designed the Academy’s statuette and won 11 Oscars
Facts about St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada
St. Patrick’s Battalion: What caused them to turn on the U.S. and fight for Mexico?
Genealogy
