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.
Court records show George Clooney’s Irish family had their land stolen
Little known Irish facts: Churchill and Pope Francis both lived in Dublin
Unpublished photograph of young Oscar Wilde found
The Irish rebels who fought against the U.S. in the Mexican-American War
Top ten reasons why Ireland should become the 51st State
Historic film of old Ireland from 1934
What you should know about the Tara Brooch, one of Ireland’s greatest treasures
170-year-old mystery of famed Irish Arctic explorer solved
This is the surprising baby name that just cracked top 100 in Ireland
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
