
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.

POLL: Should Ireland have an Independence Day - Republic Day?
Fair Day photos from the late 19th-century showcase rural Ireland
Do you believe in fairies? This tale might renew your "Fairy Faith"
American tourists witnessed ruthless 1880s Irish tenant farmer evictions
The Irish Titanic Officer who was "larger than life"
Lincoln had engraved Irish linen handkerchief in his pocket night of assassination
Tell us your about your mom for Mother's Day!
Courageous Irish war dog followed his owner to the front lines of WWI
Iconic 1990s Tourism Ireland ad featuring The Cranberries track rereleased for 25th album anniversary
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: In 1725 Dublin children received the first smallpox vaccination
On This Day: The Dublin Lockout begins in 1913
The historic Donegal lodge that paved the way for Irish seaside resorts
WATCH: Short film reveals the terrible history of 'No Irish Need Apply'
Maureen O'Hara's "sex scandal" that led to a libel case
Genealogy
