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.
Conan O'Brien discusses Irish ancestry on Irish podcast "Second Captains"
On This Day: Oliver Cromwell sets sail to Ireland in 1649
One Irish family's story of emigration - the Dunnings from Drumlosh
Milwaukee Irish Fest starts this week, here's our event guide on what not to miss!
On This Day: An Irish doctor survives the bombing of Nagasaki
Tommy O'Connor: the vital link between the US and Ireland ahead of the 1916 Easter Rising
Roger Casement and John Devoy's unlikely friendship
The ten worst ways to insult an Irishman
WATCH: Bride gets married in same spot her Irish great-grandparents did 101 years ago
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- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
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- 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
