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: IRA declared a ceasefire in 1994 – a day that changed Ireland forever
Did your ancestors come from Armagh? Massive amount of new records released online
LISTEN: The most requested songs in Irish pubs
How to find out if there's an Irish language version of your surname
Agitate, agitate, agitate. When Frederick Douglass met Daniel O’Connell
The unexpected group preserving Irish language
Bridget Murphy, the woman behind JFK’s success, to be honored at Kennedy Summer School
Limited edition IrishCentral gift box for Ireland lovers now on sale
Surprising spots to use the ‘cupla focal’ in Ireland
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- 1 CIE Tours reveal huge Ireland sale! Save on ALL guided vacations for 2026 travel
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
On This Day: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Tea drinking in Ireland was once viewed as "reckless and uncontrollable"
How to celebrate the Summer Solstice the Irish way
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone was born in Dublin
Genealogy
