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.
Does Ireland hold the record for the world’s longest good-bye?
Guess which American president personally hanged two Irishmen from the scaffold?
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
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 "No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
- 5 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 6 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 7 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 8 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 9 Remote Irish beach crowned top beauty spot for autumn escape
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
