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 ten comedians from Ireland
Binghamton heroine 'Mother Connor' who saved factory workers traced back to Cork
The Burren, County Clare - 300 million years in the making
In Focus: Louise Sullivan Potorti - co-founder of Beara Irish Brewing in New Hampshire
"Paddywagon" name for pub leads to appeal to Tampa mayor to shut it
Reenactment of ‘Battle of Vinegar Hill’ set for historic Enniscorthy location
The top ten worst Irish compliments
The origins of Notre Dame’s name - why the Fighting Irish are the Fighting Irish
Celtic origins of Irish now disputed by new DNA results - POLL
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
