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.
Stolen prayer book returned to Marsh’s Library after 177 years
Loss of loved ones echoes through the decades on Veterans Day
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly - 5 things to know
What’s your favorite Irish blessing? Share it with IrishCentral
Historic 1916 commemorative book launched by Irish government
Ireland's amazing disappearing lake
The Emerald era - the Irish and the American pastime baseball
Irish US Army nurse’s World War I bracelet returned after worldwide hunt
Celebrating the life of hero WW2 priest who saved thousands from the Nazis
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 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
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
The unique Irish history of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery
Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Kilmainham Gaol reveals surprise link between Jessie Buckley and 1916 Rising
Genealogy