
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.

What life was like for the sons and daughters of the Great Irish Famine
Burren geologist uncovers 320-million-year-old shark tooth
Connemara to commemorate nine fishermen who died bringing British landmine ashore
Listen to the earliest known recording of John F. Kennedy
Why is the song "Danny Boy" so popular? Experts explain
1,000-year-old religious route unearthed by archaeologists in Mayo
Top facts about Irish Americans from the US Census Bureau
The surprising American stars with Irish roots
Burned at the stake was the original punishment for blasphemy in Ireland
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

The historic Donegal lodge that paved the way for Irish seaside resorts
WATCH: Short film reveals the terrible history of 'No Irish Need Apply'
Maureen O'Hara's "sex scandal" that led to a libel case
How The Ancient Order of Hibernians identity is rooted in history
On This Day: Michael Collins killed in an ambush in Co Cork
Genealogy
