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.
Historic Loop Head lighthouse once again lights up the Wild Atlantic Way
How construction workers discovered a 1,000-year-old passage
Full results from the 45th annual World Irish Dancing Championships
Americans attempt to pronounce traditional Irish names (VIDEO)
Was Daniel O’Connell a rack-rent landlord during the Famine?
Tourists are now visiting Ireland for…the butter
Irish honor Polish explorer and scientist who helped Famine victims
A very brief history of Irish brewing
Did your Irish ancestor fight in the American Civil War?
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
