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.
You may have more Irish cousins than you think
How Ancestry DNA helped me discover my official “Galway Girl” title
Why DNA tests show different levels of Irish ancestry among family members
How a John F Kennedy impersonator lost his livelihood after tragic assassination
Irish-born cowboys were the fastest guns in the west once upon a time
Archaeologists search Montreal construction site for mass grave of Irish famine victims
LISTEN: The Great Famine podcast series – the Irish rebel Anne Devlin
Bid to end discrimination against Irish surnames with apostrophes by O'Leary family
Uncovering your Irish ancestor’s secrets online
Most read
- 1 These hilarious gravestone epitaphs prove Irish dark wit is unmatched
- 2 On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
- 3 A funny Irish saying to ward off your enemies
- 4 The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
- 5 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 6 Savage! Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 7 Ireland's ancient holy wells of Saint Patrick
- 8 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 9 Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
History
The dazzling life of Mabelle Gilman Corey
On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
Genealogy