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.
Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
April Fools! Some of the best pranks in Irish history
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
The gorgeous Irish girl’s name that is climbing the charts rapidly
Where did the phrase "Forty Shades of Green" for Ireland come from?
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
This vintage Irish baby name was used less than three times in 2025
Most read
- 1 A real-life horror story of the Irish cannibal who terrorized Australia
- 2 How big is Ireland? The answer might surprise you!
- 3 Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
- 4 Ireland's most breathtaking natural wonders that deserve a spot on your travel list
- 5 How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
- 6 How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
- 7 Homemade blackberry jam and custard donuts bring back a taste of Irish summer
- 8 These Baileys Irish cream cheese swirl brownies are pure indulgence
- 9 Trump's whirlwind Ireland visit will mix diplomacy, protests and golf
History
How Daniel O'Connell became Ireland's Great Emancipator and won Catholic rights
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
The dark secrets behind the Kennedy family's Camelot image
Genealogy
