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 top five most wanted Irishmen in history
Irish mother’s letters to her son fighting in the US Civil War
Rare Irish Great Hunger rations book discovered (VIDEO)
The 1930s - When Irish Catholics changed America
Ireland forgets Irish emigrants who fought in US Civil War
Eleven early Hollywood stars with Irish roots
Genealogy goldmine as Ireland’s deaths, births and marriages go online
Are redheads in danger of extinction? Some scientists say yes
The O’Briens and County Clare
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- 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
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
What you should know about Irish American mobster “The Irishman” Danny Greene
WATCH: Drive back in time through 1970s Dublin with this rare video
Original historic US documents to go on display in Belfast this year
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
Genealogy
