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.
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
150 years of Irish history in photos goes online
Family famine stories sought as Famine Voices Roadshow begins tour of US and Canada
Faces of the Titanic: William Burke, Irish hero who saved a woman's life
The use of IEDs in the Irish War of Independence
How Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination inspired RFK's greatest speech
Ireland’s first astronaut? Mayo woman continues training in US
Birth “backlash” politics - the assassinations, riots and war protests of 1968
Most read
- 1 Rejected by Ireland and misunderstood by America, one Irish American tells his story
- 2 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 3 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 4 Five Irish memorials honor the victims and heroes lost on September 11
- 5 "No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
- 6 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 7 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 8 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 9 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
History
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
Genealogy
