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.
An Irishwoman was blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire
An American journalist reports from Ireland during the Famine
How an Irish doctor survived WWII, captivity and the Atomic Bomb
Heartbreaking artwork depicting Great Hunger coffin ships now on display
I took my 80-year-old mother to Ireland to see the castles our ancestors built
I visited Ireland for the first time in 1957, when I was nine-years old (PHOTOS)
Where ten of the most famous Irish people are buried (PHOTOS)
What song did John F Kennedy ask Judy Garland to sing to him on the phone?
My great-aunt, the bootlegging Irish nun in Prohibition America
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
