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.
Celebrating the life of hero WW2 priest who saved thousands from the Nazis
Limerick man who approved the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
Irish rebel hero Kevin Barry’s mother was refused an Irish pension new records show
Can Ireland's red squirrels be saved from extinction?
Al Capone, US politics and the bad old immigrants
The truth about JFK’s assassination could be about to come out
Glucksman Ireland House NYU asked IrishCentral readers which word best sums up Ireland
An Irish blessing for those in the path of Hurricane Ophelia
Did the Irish bomb the 1939 New York World Fair?
Most read
- 1 LAST CHANCE to WIN a trip to Ireland! Don't miss your chance to share your love letter
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
Irish-led study finds physical evidence of gladiators battling lions from the Roman era
WATCH: What's a (1970s) house party without a take-home pack of Guinness?
How a white lie saved one Irish woman's life aboard the Titanic
Fascinating pensions records pre-Easter Rising and beyond reveals a wealth of Irish history
On This Day: Oscar Wilde's trial for "gross indecency" begins in London
Genealogy
