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.
A Galway man sailed with Columbus in 1492 and Irish history almost forgot him
The Irishman who claims to have saved Adolf Hitler’s life
New radio documentary follows Irish photojournalist who captured JFK's last moments
Cromwell reached Wexford in October 1649 and the town already knew what was coming
John F. Kennedy Gravesite reopens at Arlington National Cemetery
1943 - Navy Destroyer USS The Sullivans is commissioned
Richie Neal's Irish roots and American political career
New research reveals Irish explorer Tom Crean’s journey along America’s coast
Former US Vice President Mike Pence's strong Irish roots
Most read
- 1 Why Queen Victoria became known as the Famine Queen and never shook the name (76 characters)
- 2 What to do when you touch down in Ireland
- 3 Bronx man adopted from Dublin at birth finds his Irish family after 63 years
- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
History
On this day in 1990, the Clancy Brothers lost Tom and Irish music lost a giant
On this day in 1990, Mary Robinson became the first woman elected president of Ireland
Ireland’s answer to the Bayeux Tapestry is just an hour from London
LISTEN: "Making Empire" and the Irish with historian Jane Ohlmeyer
Ireland has over 300 saints and these are the holy sites they left behind
Genealogy
