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.
The tale of the Swede and the Finn who fought at the GPO in the 1916 Rising
Getting off the American treadmill to live the Irish dream
The funniest named towns and places in Ireland
Jimmy Gralton, only Irishman ever deported to America from Ireland
Cobh to mark centenary of RMS Lusitania sinking
How the Irish make the English language their own, for the “craic”
Mines on sunken 1917 German U-boat in Co. Cork waters to be removed
5 things you didn't know about your Tipperary ancestors
Top 5 Irish American research centers
Most read
- 1 Rejected by Ireland and misunderstood by America, one Irish American tells his story
- 2 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 3 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 4 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 5 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 6 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 7 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 8 Donald Trump at Doonbeg: what’s happening on the final day of his visit
- 9 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
History
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
Genealogy
