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 women live five years longer than Irish men
Thousands of Irish leaving home for a better life in Australia
Love-seekers pay homage at St. Valentine's resting place in Dublin
British human rights official has 'orgy of Irish bashing jokes' on newspaper blog
Tony Blair reveals how British Catholic ambassadors to the Vatican were banned for centuries
John Fitzpatrick is named Irish American of the Year
New movie based on 'Quiet Man' shoot to be filmed in Ireland
Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister says emigration is a good thing
'The Fields of Athenry' is the subject of a new Irish documentary
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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
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