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.
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
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
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 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 9 "No plans" for driver's licence exchange is "slap in the face" for returning Irish emigrants
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