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.
Ten budget gifts for Irish men this Christmas
Jimmy Breslin's Irish wake, without the body!
Fabulous Irish myth of the Children of Lir, the lord of the sea
Top 10 Irish books of the decade: Every emotion under the rainbow
Trinity dancers are top of the pops at Mid-American Championships
Colum McCann wins 2009 National Book Award for fiction
Living green with Ed Begley Jr.
Book Reviews - A selection of recently published books of Irish and Irish-American interest
Made from WTC steel, the USS New York is a ship of remembrance
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