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.
The search for an ancestor brings two Irish American families together
Interesting characters from the Easter Rising revealed
Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day and invest in a special plot of land in Ireland
Who are Ireland's most influential people?
How Germany courted Irish Americans and supported the 1916 Rising
Irish baby name among top ones to watch in 2017
Increased effort to name Navy ship after Irish Vietnam hero Patrick Gallagher
Today in 1922, the Irish Free State was born
An untold story of six Irish-American brothers who fought in WWII
Most read
- 1 Rejected by Ireland and misunderstood by America, one Irish American tells his story
- 2 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 3 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 4 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 5 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 6 Donald Trump at Doonbeg: what’s happening on the final day of his visit
- 7 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 8 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 9 On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
History
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
Genealogy