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.
An Irish blessing for those in the path of Hurricane Ophelia
Did the Irish bomb the 1939 New York World Fair?
The Irish Potato Famine, the Great Hunger, genocide - what should we call it?
Ghosts are regulars at America’s most haunted Irish pub
First major Irish exhibition on Oscar Wilde launched at Trinity College
Did the Irish Famine trigger mental illness in the Irish?
The famous Chicago May, Irish Queen of crooks
Ireland’s Loch Ness monster resurfaced after 147 years
An inconvenient truth: Queen Victoria was welcomed by the Irish during the Famine
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
