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.
Collect your Irish family history around the Thanksgiving dinner table
Generation Beta could see these old Irish baby names go extinct
On This Day: JFK, first Irish American Catholic President of the US, assassinated in Dallas
How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals
9 unique Irish names perfect for your winter baby
New Irish American Society of the Jersey Shore launches to celebrate Irish culture and heritage
Six steps to identify your Irish ancestors’ home townlands
Native New Yorker shares the city's secret Irish landmarks
LISTEN: A history of the Great Hunger ballad "Skibbereen"
Most read
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- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
WATCH: An Oscar-nominated look at the history of Dublin's Abbey Theatre
On This Day: Arthur Griffith, who helped launch Sinn Féin and shape modern Ireland, was born in 1872
Mystery of Irish World War II hero finally solved after six decades
Genealogy
