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.
How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
Did you know that St. Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria?
Weird and wonderful facts about St. Patrick and March 17
Secrets of each Celtic symbol and ancient astrology revealed
On This Day: John Holland, who designed the first submarine, is born in 1841
What makes Ireland’s national symbol the harp so special?
On This Day: Roger Casement's body was exhumed to be re-interred in Dublin
Most read
- 1 A real-life horror story of the Irish cannibal who terrorized Australia
- 2 How big is Ireland? The answer might surprise you!
- 3 Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
- 4 Ireland's most breathtaking natural wonders that deserve a spot on your travel list
- 5 How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
- 6 How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
- 7 Homemade blackberry jam and custard donuts bring back a taste of Irish summer
- 8 These Baileys Irish cream cheese swirl brownies are pure indulgence
- 9 Trump's whirlwind Ireland visit will mix diplomacy, protests and golf
History
How Daniel O'Connell became Ireland's Great Emancipator and won Catholic rights
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
The dark secrets behind the Kennedy family's Camelot image
Genealogy
