
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.

Irish Fr. John Bannon: Confederate hero, Civil War secret emissary to pope
Bill Maher and Bill O’Reilly are related through ancient Celtic King
New Irish art exhibition portrays the early Irish diaspora (PHOTOS)
GPO Witness History to open in time for 1916 Easter Rising commemorations
Irish government announce global events to mark Easter Rising centenary
American jazz photographer's amazing shots of 1950s Ireland (PHOTOS)
Irish Americans must remember their own past in the Syrian refugee crisis
"Mise Éire" Irish government film on meaning of 1916 Rising today (VIDEO)
Ireland’s greatest gift to the world: The humble potato
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

Vinny Byrne, the most feared assassin sent by Michael Collins
"Little Jimmy Murphy" - A United Irishmen song
Greatest quotes from and about Michael Collins
A tale of two famous Michaels, both born in Co Cork in the autumn of 1890
The wonderfully strange history behind the Irish saying “chancing your arm”
Genealogy
