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.
Talent blooms behind the scenes at the Putnam County Feis
AOH to celebrate centenary of Celtic cross on 'Canada's Ellis Island'
Pacific Northwest Irish Dance Championships a hit
Callie Cooper: Seattle area's 'Most Promising Dancer'
Coco Rocha rocks the runway
Freckles and the City: Chicago Irish Festival a big hit
East Durham Festival: a Memorial Day Irish Woodstock
Preserving Irish heritage: support the living Irish Village project in the Catskills
Irish wakes making a comeback in U.S.
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
