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.
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
John F. Kennedy Jr. had a playdate with a killer
Irish American women who changed the United States
Crazy Irish stories! The Irish man who stole the Crown Jewels to a real-life Robinson Crusoe
Most read
- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 What did the Titanic passengers eat?
- 3 On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
- 4 How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
- 5 The weird and wonderful place names around Ireland
- 6 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 7 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 8 James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising
- 9 Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
History
Red wine in Georgian Dublin: it's healing and detrimental effects
What did the Titanic passengers eat?
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
WATCH: 75 years after, an eye-witness to the 1916 Easter Rising tells her story
Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s poet president who helped save the Irish language
Genealogy
