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.
Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
The unique Irish history of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery
The beloved Irish name that has really stood the test of time
Irish woman who defied the Nazis remembered
Remarkable footage of the Cliffs of Moher in 1957
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The 50 most popular Irish baby boy names – and what they mean
Ancient Sheela na Gigs, Irish statues of women exposing themselves, explained
How a bike ride led to the 100 year legacy of Hanna Hats
Most read
- 1 Why Queen Victoria became known as the Famine Queen and never shook the name (76 characters)
- 2 What to do when you touch down in Ireland
- 3 Bronx man adopted from Dublin at birth finds his Irish family after 63 years
- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
History
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
Nixon won the White House on this day in 1968 and later trashed the Irish on tape
WATCH: Rare 1940 film captures Dublin trams, Nelson’s Pillar and a packed Croke Park
JFK's Irish tweed hat from Éamon de Valera heads to auction
Mayo’s starving walked 15 miles for food and were told to wait until lunch was over
Genealogy
