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.
Where are the most Irish cities and towns in the USA?
Mel Gibson's Irish roots
Genealogical archive of 52,000 Irish-Jewish, from over 200 years
Tracing your Irish ancestry - the Moynahan Clan
Barack Obama's Irish roots traced back to Co Offaly
New Yorker tracks down her grandmother's Cork home with internet's help
The terrifying ghost story of Lady Beresford's death sentence
Leap Castle is the most haunted castle in Ireland and this story proves it
Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson’s Irish roots
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