
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.

Did the Vikings bring leprosy to Ireland?
Celebrating halfway to St. Patrick's Day with the best parades in North America
Learn to play Irish music, Part 3: Traditional Irish tunes
The most amazing thing Michael Collins ever said
Notre Dame used to have Irish Terriers as their mascots
Learn to play Irish music, Part 2: Finding a teacher
Michael Collins "a nasty piece of work," according to one relative of a 1916 leader
Foster care and its roots in ancient, mythological Ireland
The mass card used in Michael Collins's funeral in 1922
Most read
- 1 From corporate weariness to Celtic wellness: My journey to helping travelers heal in Ireland
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

Ireland’s Titanic: The tragic sinking of the RMS Leinster in 1918
On This Day: The Irish Crown Jewels disappear from Dublin Castle in 1907
WATCH: An incredible tram ride through 1901 Belfast
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
Genealogy
