
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.

On This Day: Irish Famine writer William Carleton is born
A look at the US presidents with Irish roots
In 1897, NY Irish immigrants paid 10 cents to touch land from home
My Irish heritage and me: How young people can explore their Irish roots with the AOH
Here are the baby girl names that are trending in Ireland in 2025
The rise of Irish Paganism
On This Day: Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, was born in 1874
Five Irish love stories that changed history
This World Radio Day, celebrating inventor Guglielmo Marconi’s Irish connection
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

On This Day: One-fifth of Ireland attends Michael Collins's funeral in Dublin
WATCH: Dr Jeremiah Lane: Ireland’s “oldest GP” practiced medicine into his late 90s
Irish author remembered today on "The Duchess Who Wasn't" Day
Royal roots unearthed: Queen Elizabeth’s lineage traces back to Brian Boru
The Troubles remembered: 3,500 lives lost and its lingering echoes
Genealogy
