
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.

80 million Irish genealogy records are free for Saint Patrick's Day weekend
An ode to Ireland on St. Patrick's Day - how it healed and changed me forever
Why isn’t St. Patrick’s Day a public holiday in the US?
Queen’s University Belfast graduate carves out successful career tracing family roots
"Disrespectful": Irish politician slams people who call St. Patrick's Day "Paddy's Day"
Is Irish America fading away? New data from Chicago Irish community
Star Wars' Mark Hamill to act as guest of honor at St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin
Liam Neeson wants to know why we can't have women priests
Coming home to Cork and finding my great grandfather
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
