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 Savage! Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 6 Ireland's ancient holy wells of Saint Patrick
- 7 Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
- 8 Irish music’s biggest party is back as Milwaukee Irish Fest unveils 2026 lineup
- 9 On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
History
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
The Irish man who was hidden on a lifeboat as the Titanic sank
On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
On This Day: The Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998
Genealogy
