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.
Six prehistoric sites in Ireland could be made UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Irish weird and wonderful Guinness World Records
The Irishman who burned down Washington and the White House
True story of Jack the Ripper’s Irish victim told at last
Incredible true story of an Olympic athlete turned cop, turned kingpin criminal mastermind
Vaccines are on their way! Spare a thought for the Irishman who invented the syringe
The Irish maid who witnessed Lizzie Borden's horrific axe murders
The Fenian Beatles - the Fab Four's Irish heritage examined
Death of super-spy George Blake recalls Irishman’s role in his daring escape from British jail
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
As important as Newgrange or Tara - an ancient Irish site you’ve never heard of
"Bad Bridget" film adaptation in the works from "Kneecap" director
Making the dead welcome - All Souls’ Day in Ireland
On This Day: “Pygmalion” playwright, George Bernard Shaw, died in 1950
On This Day: Kevin Barry was executed in Dublin in 1920
Genealogy