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 Man in Full - exclusive interview with CIA Director John Brennan
The surprising Irish history behind Hennessy Cognac
1950s Irish orphan’s happy ever after in New York
Halloween: An Irish invention and an American export
Pipe found at tragic Duffy’s Cut burial site will be returned home to Derry
Michael Fassbender beams with pride for his Kerry roots (VIDEO)
Lost brother: Uncovering an Irish family history in America
The Gaelic Revival in Ireland and America
Columbus Day, and the similarities between the Irish and the Italian
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
