
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.

50 years ago today, Mary Jo Kopechne died in Ted Kennedy’s car at Chappaquiddick
“The only advice I can give to people is be Irish!” Battle of Britain pilot celebrates 100 years
People of Belfast's Sailortown cast a wide net
The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer
Why Cork refused to welcome this US President
Are you an O'Sullivan/Sullivan? We need your help!
How the Gaelic League gave massive funds to San Francisco after 1906 quake
Revealed: How Irish president de Valera had premonition of JFK's death
This Irish family name has global status - Discovering the worldwide O'Neills
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 2 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 3 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 4 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 5 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 6 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 7 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 8 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
- 9 President Michael D. Higgins accuses Israel of leaking his Iran letter
History

GPO to become iconic museum in bold Dublin City Centre revamp
The Irish duo who murdered 16 people and sold the cadavers
WATCH: What was it like learning to drive in Ireland in 1947
Most famous Irish royal couples of all time
On This Day: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
Genealogy
