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 Bennett Cerf got James Joyce’s Ulysses, the ultimate banned book, into the US
Campaign calls for London museum to return Irish giant’s stolen bones
Extraordinary story of Titanic’s second officer Charles Herbert Lightroller
Meet the US cop who found his long-lost Irish mother through a DNA test
75th D-Day anniversary - Irish WWII vets remember
Beautiful spots in Ireland that every tourist should visit
Remembering the Easter Rising hero James Connolly on his birthday
What you should know about the real Murphy’s Law
“Nuns took my childhood”: This Irish woman escaped from a Magdalene Laundry as a teen in 1993
Most read
- 1 The unbreakable rules of growing up in an Irish household
- 2 The pros and cons of marrying an Irishman
- 3 Five things you didn't know about the Cliffs of Moher
- 4 Exploring Ireland's Gaeltachts: A revival of the Irish language
- 5 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 6 On This Day: Five killed in Miami Showband Massacre in Co Down in 1975
- 7 Milwaukee Irish Fest returns to the lakefront with new headliners and hidden gems
- 8 Black Widows of Liverpool: The Irish sisters suspected of being prolific serial killers
- 9 Emotional footage shows Glen Hansard’s final gig just hours before fatal crash
History
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
On This Day: Henry Ford was born in Detroit
Unsung Irish heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg
“Bang Bang” the famous Dublin’s character and lover of Westerns remembered
Genealogy
