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.
Discover your ancestor’s arrival into America
Love is in the Eire
George Washington stayed in Limerick, Pa. - later the town went nuclear
From Coleraine, Ireland to Colerain, North Carolina
Northern Irish accent voted the sexiest in the United Kingdom
Memorial for Irish witch trials objected to as “anti-God” and “devil worship”
An Irish wake for LAPD cop who always dreamed of visiting Ireland
The US Civil War's forgotten Irish heroes must be remembered say historians
Cop who forced Target to drop their ludicrous Irish t-shirts
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
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
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
Genealogy