
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 Irish origins of the Christmas tree
On This Day: British forces begin the burning of Cork City
Ireland's historic disease disasters were far worse than Covid-19
Irish government launches 75 events for Irish aboard to celebrate Christmas
11 things about Joe Biden you never knew
The perfect holiday season gift - The Irish Central Box
The best places in Ireland to celebrate Christmas
RTÉ's "superb" new Great Hunger documentary makes for emotional viewing
The stories of African Irish in Mother and Baby Homes
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

Vinny Byrne, the most feared assassin sent by Michael Collins
"Little Jimmy Murphy" - A United Irishmen song
Greatest quotes from and about Michael Collins
A tale of two famous Michaels, both born in Co Cork in the autumn of 1890
The wonderfully strange history behind the Irish saying “chancing your arm”
Genealogy
