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.
Plant a tree in Ireland for Thanksgiving and give thanks to your heritage
Mysteries of deserted pre-Famine village on Achill Island revealed
A reunion at an 18th-century family homestead in Leitrim
On This Day: William Butler Yeats wins the Nobel Prize in 1923
On This Day: Five brave Sullivan brothers killed on same day during WWII
The history behind some of Ireland's most famous symbols
The Irish origins of Lynching
On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879
Walt Disney wore THIS iconic piece of Irish jewellery up until his death
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
Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Heartbreaking images from Northern Ireland remind us why we can never return to the Troubles
How Sybil Connolly led the Irish invasion into the fashion world
The incredible story of the first American ship to bring Famine relief to Ireland
Genealogy
