
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.

Leitrim locals want memorial for 4,000 orphans sent to Australia during Great Hunger
Irish convicts Down Under – the good and the bad
How to use Griffith’s Valuation for Irish family history research
Fight for Navy destroyer to be named after Irish-born Vietnam hero
2016 Olympic controversies have nothing on ‘36
Incredible tale of an Irish barman buried alive on purpose for 61 days, he lived
Famine victim's teeth lead to new discoveries on impact of starvation
Archaeologists examine ancient bones found in newly discovered Mayo cave
“Bang Bang” the famous Dublin’s character and lover of Westerns remembered
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

Final days of Michael Collins: ambush, assassination, and peace talks in Ireland's Civil War
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
The makers of Michael Collins' death mask believed he was shot at close range
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
How the killing of Michael Collins changed Ireland for the worse
Genealogy
