
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.

Remarkable footage shows Queen honoring JFK at his UK memorial
Celebrating the Irish tricolor this National Flag Day
Calls to memorialize newly identified Irish famine victims in Canada
The US-born Irish abortionist found guilty of murder in 1950s Dublin
Search for relatives of Irish WWI hero comes to an end
“Gay Gaels” who have enriched Ireland’s history and culture for the world
Human remains on Canadian beach are Irish famine victims say scientists
385-million-year-old footprints in Co Kerry represent turning point in evolution
On This Day: Playwright Eugene O'Neill passed away in 1953
Most read
- 1 CIE Tours reveal huge Ireland sale! Save on ALL guided vacations for 2026 travel
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History

Most famous Irish royal couples of all time
On This Day: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Tea drinking in Ireland was once viewed as "reckless and uncontrollable"
How to celebrate the Summer Solstice the Irish way
Genealogy
