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.
Ancient Celtic symbols and their meanings
Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later
Irish prayers and wishes for a newborn
International Polar Bear Day: DNA proves Irish brown bears related to polar bears
How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
Did you know that St. Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria?
Weird and wonderful facts about St. Patrick and March 17
Most read
- 1 What do "Erin go Bragh" and other Irish phrases mean?
- 2 On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
- 3 Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
- 4 Thousands of Sullivans / O'Sullivans descending on West Cork for world record attempt
- 5 Irish American parents pen open letter to Trump urging him to act on sepsis
- 6 Five book-to-screen adaptations with Irish links we're excited for
- 7 Ireland match forced to stop as tennis balls thrown onto the pitch in protest against Israel game
- 8 Irish consumer spending drops significantly in the US
- 9 Galway City Museum receives €12 million investment for redevelopment
History
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Gráinne Ní Mháille: The kind of power England could not contain
Five facts you didn’t know about Arthur Guinness
A new perspective on my Irish roots, thanks to the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Genealogy
