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.
On This Day: Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect in 1949
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland goes home to his Mayo roots
Missing 1,490 remembered in Famine walk from Strokestown to Dublin
Could Orange be the new green in Ireland as some are seeking?
Using social histories and directories for your Irish family tree
The fascinating history of Ireland's Guinness family
Time for Irish to stop calling Irish-Americans Plastic Paddies
Historic personal treasures from 1916 Rising go up for auction (PHOTOS)
Say farewell to Irish cops in NYPD says former top detective
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
