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 authors and writers you should know, from James Joyce to Oscar Wilde
Meet Kate Tyrrell, the first Irish woman to be a ship’s sea captain
Supporters rally to protest Ireland's Great Hunger Museum closure
Montreal promises long fought for Irish Famine memorial site
Irish ranks in the top three ancestries in 31 US states
Brian Cox, aka Logan Roy on “Succession”, gets his Irish up
Major funding boost for Irish organizations in the US to be announced in NYC today
What you're missing out on in Ireland of the Welcomes magazine
Original Irish Jack-o-Lanterns made of turnips were truly terrifying
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: Harry Clarke, stained glass artist, is born in Dublin
The intersection of Saint Patrick and paganism in Ireland
St. Patrick’s Breastplate: the prayer of Ireland's patron saint
St. Patrick’s Day on Achill Island - a day unlike any other
WATCH: Irish Colleens mark St. Patrick's Day more than a century ago
Genealogy