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.
Time to reclaim great Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn
Jackie Kennedy's private life revealed by her Irish-born assistant
Molly Maguires story staged in Ireland for the first time
First photograph of James Connolly taken before his 1916 execution
Ireland deem Patrick Pearse surrender letter too expensive to buy
Which Irish names are making a comeback?
Can you guess the ratio of Irish Americans to the number of Irish?
When racism ruled New York and my great-great-grandfather died
How Hitler’s henchman became an Irish farmer after the war
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