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.
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
How Irish immigrants forever changed the US immigration system
Anointed twice - The real story of JFK's health just emerging
The greatest love letters to famous Irishmen
Letters of a family to their son in America after the Famine
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
