
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.

The Toronto doctor who cared for Ireland’s Great Hunger victims
Why is Daniel O'Connell so revered?
Facts about The Great Famine emigration out of Ireland
Irish language phrases to use when your temper is up
Six steps to identify your Irish ancestors’ home townlands
Dublin's iconic GPO, at the heart of the city and Ireland's history
Vin Scully, beloved Irish American voice of the Dodgers, dies aged 94
Happy birthday Martin Sheen! To celebrate his Irish heritage we've planted a tree in Ireland
WATCH: Peter O'Toole poignantly describes what being Irish means to him
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

WATCH: Dr Jeremiah Lane: Ireland’s “oldest GP” practiced medicine into his late 90s
Irish author remembered today on "The Duchess Who Wasn't" Day
Royal roots unearthed: Queen Elizabeth’s lineage traces back to Brian Boru
The Troubles remembered: 3,500 lives lost and its lingering echoes
On this day: In 1725 Dublin children received the first smallpox vaccination
Genealogy
