
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.

The ultimate guide to a traditional Irish Christmas (PHOTO)
Ireland gained independence 66 years ago today, 1948
An American guide to Irish holiday desserts
How Dubliners shopped till they dropped in the 1800s
Five hints for finding the Irish in U.S. Census records
Complete Irish Petty Sessions Court Records now online
50 historical Irish newspaper titles available to explore online
Irish-born NYPD cop who nabbed “Son of Sam” killer dies aged 99
Expert on British collusion during the Troubles appeals to Irish in America for help
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
