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.
A hard Christmas it was in London in the 1960s
The history behind Ireland’s ancient Druids
Irish Legend: The Song of Fionuala of the Children of Lir
This 19th century poem will remind you why you're proud to be Irish
When Boston banned Christmas
Ireland's saints and their blessed sites
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
How Oscar Wilde become the first celebrity “famous for being famous”
Five books for researching your Irish family history
Most read
- 1 What do "Erin go Bragh" and other Irish phrases mean?
- 2 Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
- 3 Thousands of Sullivans / O'Sullivans descending on West Cork for world record attempt
- 4 Taoiseach has his say on Israel boycott – says Ireland doesn’t need to be ‘self-defeating’
- 5 Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford
- 6 Ireland's unique and amazing animals
- 7 On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
- 8 WATCH: Incredible drone footage brings you inside ancient Blarney Castle
History
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Genealogy
