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.
50 years ago an Irish Aussie was the last man Australia ever executed
Ireland and the Paris Peace Conference: How Sinn Féin Waged a Diplomatic War
Irish Claddagh rings, their symbolism and story
Top Irish history books to delve into
Irish American man murdered his wife in 1967 and fled to Dublin
The Irish roots of the world’s first supermodel, Gia Carangi, who’d be 57 today
British journalist says truth of British actions during Irish Famine "appalling"
77-year-old Belfast man set free in US after 1957 murder as alibi comes to light
Mind the women! WW2 US soldiers warned of local rules in Northern Ireland
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