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.
Expert’s map shows 20 million redheads across Ireland and UK
From Bhutan to American Samoa diaspora apply for Certificates of Irish heritage
1,300-year-old medieval monastery discovered in Donegal of major national importance
Kenmare gears up for 'Gangs of New York' Gathering festival
New book claims 1916 Rising leader Patrick Pearse was camera shy
Vice President Biden, Ireland Funds lead U.S. reaction to Seamus Heaney’s death
Dublin to remember James Larkin on hundredth anniversary of lock-out
Irishman’s funeral interrupted by stewardess, airplane radio picked up in church
Irishman first to strike gold near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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
Was the coward of the Titanic really a hero? The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" says yes
When Dubliners’ "Seven Drunken Nights" was banned for being too rude
"Lost memoir" sheds light on former Taoiseach's views on JFK, America
Remembering trailblazing Irish American photographer Anna Frances Levins
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
Genealogy