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.
Robert De Niro: The Italian Irishman?
Tom Brady announces his retirement, again
When did Ireland leave the British Empire? Spoiler - It wasn’t 1916
Barry Keoghan: From challenging Irish childhood to Oscar nominee
The history of The Clancy Brothers’ song “No Irish Need Apply”
Holocaust Remembrance Day: The only Irish citizen to die at Auschwitz
Fancy a cuppa? A history of tea in Ireland
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Irish labor giant Big Jim Larkin
Irish bishops treated Ronald Reagan “like the plague” says historian
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
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
We need more Lilys - Celebrating the strength of a gentle Irish grandmother
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
Genealogy
