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 America saved Patrick Pearse’s school St. Enda’s
Stranger in my own land -- Why Ireland is not for me, says returned emigrant
A 16-year-old's dilemma - "Am I Irish or Australian?"
8th century Irish brain surgeons saw cancer and TB
Growing up in 1950s Catholic Ireland wasn’t all bad - there were happy times too
Which town called Dublin in America is the most Irish?
Nazi death camps held 50 Irish it has been revealed, only 28 survived
Best-selling Irish novel of all time, the Soviets loved it
Discovering the perfect cure for an Irish hangover
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
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