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.
9 unique Irish names perfect for your winter baby
New Irish American Society of the Jersey Shore launches to celebrate Irish culture and heritage
Six steps to identify your Irish ancestors’ home townlands
Native New Yorker shares the city's secret Irish landmarks
LISTEN: A history of the Great Hunger ballad "Skibbereen"
Discovery of Irish airman lost at sea during the Second World War
What baby names were most popular in Ireland a century ago?
How did Barbary apes wind up in Ireland 2,300 years ago?
10 previously very common Irish baby names that are going extinct
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
On This Day: George Brent, the Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born in 1904
We need more Lilys - Celebrating the strength of a gentle Irish grandmother
Where is the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world?
The Irishman who designed the Academy’s statuette and won 11 Oscars
Facts about St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
Genealogy
