
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.

Irish history’s lesser-known figures explored in new podcast
Some of the most popular Irish surnames in the US, explained
The Irish-American man in charge of the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis
On This Day: Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean dies in 1938
Ireland's National Roll of Honour for World War One
Give yourself a gift from Ireland and keep the memories of your Irish vacation alive
Ireland’s sacred spaces and the ancient art of healing
Does Kamala Harris have Irish roots? It is possible but not proven
Have you been to Galway's Aughnanure Castle? Ireland's OPW needs your 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

On This Day: Edward Flanagan, the Irish founder of Boys Town, was born
WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Fenian Brotherhood in NYC
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Genealogy
