
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.

Braveheart - When Ireland had a Scottish High King
How much did Jackie know about John F. Kennedy’s affairs?
Barefoot and brave - Cork's 1890 All-Ireland hurling rebels
Magic made! Dancing into the night on a bridge outside Ballina in the 1950s
Famous People who share Irish and Jewish backgrounds
Irish graveside stories: QR code to tell dead loved one's history
JFK's Secret Service agents were too hungover to react in Dallas, says author
On This Day: Divorce in Ireland was made legal in 1995 after 70 years
England World Cup star Harry Kane’s very Irish roots
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Irish facts about Independence Day you may not know
WATCH: Remarkable footage from a Magdalene Laundry in the 1940s
An Irish nun's friendship with Princess Diana
On This Day: Irish American hero Thomas Francis Meagher died in 1867
Genealogy
