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.
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
In Ireland, the county you are from is of vital importance
The Irish War Cry and what it meant to the Celtic tribes in battle
Would you try ‘Bog butter’ from 3,000 BC?
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's ancestral link to an Irish slave owner
After 1950s forced adoption New Yorker is reunited with his Irish mother
Most read
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- 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
Real stories of the women buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin
Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
From the Famine to Five Points - history of Irish pubs in the USA
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
Genealogy