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.
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
The fight to remember Irish-born American heroes, Patrick Sheahan and Patrick Gallagher
Most read
- 1 The pros and cons of marrying an Irishman
- 2 Five things you didn't know about the Cliffs of Moher
- 3 Exploring Ireland's Gaeltachts: A revival of the Irish language
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 5 Milwaukee Irish Fest returns to the lakefront with new headliners and hidden gems
- 6 Black Widows of Liverpool: The Irish sisters suspected of being prolific serial killers
- 7 Glen Hansard was preparing for busy year before his tragic death
- 8 Emotional footage shows Glen Hansard’s final gig just hours before fatal crash
- 9 JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland
History
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
On This Day: Henry Ford was born in Detroit
Unsung Irish heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg
“Bang Bang” the famous Dublin’s character and lover of Westerns remembered
JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland
Genealogy