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.
Ireland’s Islands: secret vacation heaven
Battle of the Boyne diary sells for triple the expected price
Irish archaeologist leads discovery of world’s oldest shoe
A tough summer ahead for Irish J1 students in the US
Where to learn Irish in New York City
In Focus - John O Murphy - Wexford native, president of the Manhattan Gaels and New York lawyer
Nude comic book of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ published in time for Bloomsday
Irish students arriving to New York find it difficult to find work and accommodation
Where the 'little people' of Ireland came from
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
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
Titanic hero Irishman Thomas Andrews epitomized bravery as ship went down
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Genealogy
