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.
Ten things you probably didn't know about the Celts
Now the Russians are claiming St. Patrick as their own
Most popular Irish boys and girls names change dramatically
What would America look like without the Irish?
Babies' teeth from Ireland’s Great Hunger unlock medical history
Donegal in Pennsylvania: chain emigration and the American Civil War pension files
Blarney Stone myths rubbished by Scottish geologists
Replant your Irish roots this St. Patrick's Day
Irish baby names getting more difficult to pronounce
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
