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.
The story behind teenage Bill Clinton and JFK’s handshake
What’s up with leprechauns - the truth about the little people
Irish Great Hunger tells its lessons but will we listen?
Did British "James Bond" kill two NYPD cops to get US into WW2?
Irish American war hero reunited with lost Purple Heart medal
True scale and violence of Ireland War of Independence as seen from Kerry
British PM predicted North Korea nuclear crisis in letter to JFK
This traditional Irish singing will leave you mesmerized
JFK 100: Where John F Kennedy was happiest
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
WATCH: An intimate, fascinating look into the history of Ireland’s folklife
Ancient Irish legends and myths surrounding the Cliffs of Moher
Give the gift of Irish heritage and storytelling this Christmas
The ancient Irish tradition of hunting the wren on St. Stephen’s Day
WATCH: Wonderful short film documents St. Stephen's Day tradition of Hunting the Wren
Genealogy
