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 Great Famine as it was reported
First map to show Ireland separate to Britain expected to sell for $3.7 million
JFK Jr wooed Madonna with Waterford Crystal glasses
Body of ‘Disappeared’ IRA victim found in October formally identified as Brendan Megraw
Japan awarded “best whiskey in the world” - but what are the best Irish whiskeys?
Auction of 500 historical Irish artifacts open for viewing (PHOTOS)
Discover your ancestry for free this weekend with Findmypast
Must-see off the beaten track spots around Ireland
Irish government appoints tourism official to coordinate 1916 Easter Rising centenary
Most read
- 1 One Irish surname may be the earliest ever recorded in all of Europe
- 2 The day an Irish brother saved a stranger and lost his sister to 9/11
- 3 On This Day: War criminal Oliver Cromwell’s Massacre of Drogheda in 1649
- 4 Wild wallabies wander this deserted Irish island
- 5 Explore ten Irish potato recipes that have defined comfort cooking for centuries
- 6 Five Irish memorials honor the victims and heroes lost on September 11
- 7 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 8 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 9 "No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
History
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
The Joyce Clan: its meaning, Irish derivation and the places in Ireland it can be found
An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
25 years on, remembering the Irish and Irish Americans killed on 9/11
Genealogy
