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.
'The Duke' John Wayne’s Co Antrim roots
How Irish Famine immigrants created a new life in Boston
WIN: Last chance to take our membership survey to win a tree planted in Ireland
Negative terms used to describe Irish everywhere
Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
WATCH: This Irish Emigration Museum is challenging "Paddy A.Irishman"
OTD in 1963: John F. Kennedy writes about trip to Ireland
This 4th of July celebrate your Irish ancestors with an Irish Heritage Tree
60 years ago JFK followed the path of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg
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
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