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.
I always knew I was an O'Sullivan at heart - Discovering my ancestry
Mystery of Irish World War II hero finally solved after six decades
A Mayo hero - NYPD cop and nine-time Olympic medalist
On This Day: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., JFK's older brother, is born in 1915
The IRA Chief of Staff who was “unbought, unconquered, and unpurchasable to the last”
Toronto honors doctor for compassion shown to Irish Great Hunger emigrants
Irishwoman the British could not contain whose name has faded from history
The remarkable story of John Keegan Casey, the bold Fenian boy
Early IRA ambushes in War of Independence were ill-equipped but successful
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
Fostering children was huge in ancient Ireland 2,500 years ago
Myths and legends from Ireland’s five longest rivers
The truth about the "Nine Famous Irishmen" myth - It’s fake news mostly
LISTEN: “That Beats Banagher!” - James Scully and Mark Boylan on Irish Stew Podcast
Equal rights for women in ancient Ireland
Genealogy