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.
Irish Famine refugees tell their story of arrival to America
Tracing your Irish roots? A guide to Irish birth, death, and marriage records
On This Day: Famine “soul-jobbing” condemned in Cork Examiner letter, 1847
How to find out if you have Irish Viking ancestry
Three Irish siblings reunited after more than 50 years thanks to DNA tests
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Lynch Clan
Irish genealogy gold! Jameson whiskey releases 100 years of employee records online
The Irishman who discovered DNA
Can you help identify this man in colorized video of 1920s Ireland?
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
