
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.

How the world remembers the Irish Famine
WATCH: An incredible tram ride through 1901 Belfast
World War II Navy hero who rescued JFK dies aged 97
17 things you didn’t know about Irish surnames
Bronze Age shipwreck found on shore of Mayo after storm
Dear St. Patrick, thanks for Purgatory
Husband of former US senator finds Irish brother he never knew he had
Children’s bones from Irish Great Hunger discovered on Canadian beach
How Oscar Wilde become the first celebrity “famous for being famous”
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

On This Day: Michael Collins killed in an ambush in Co Cork
Final days of Michael Collins: ambush, assassination, and peace talks in Ireland's Civil War
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
The makers of Michael Collins' death mask believed he was shot at close range
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
Genealogy
