
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.

How an Irish pioneer named the town of Rathdrum, Idaho after his village
Unbaptized babies denied Christian burial unites Irish and US families
Sinn Fein launches their own 1916 commemoration after “embarrassing” gov efforts (VIDEO)
Sister cities: Kilkenny, Minnesota and Kilkenny, Ireland
Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown, was settled by Irish emigrants in the 1800s
Famous buildings around the world to go green for St. Patrick’s Day 2015 (PHOTOS)
Discover your ancestor’s arrival into America
Love is in the Eire
George Washington stayed in Limerick, Pa. - later the town went nuclear
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
