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.
Imbolc marks the Irish pagan start of spring - something is stirring
St. Brigid Day is now a bank holiday! Move over, St. Patrick!
Ireland's best places to visit - from natural beauty to a dose of craic!
Ireland's little-known Mermaid Saint
On This Day: “The Playboy of the Western World” opens at Dublin's Abbey Theater
The unique Irish boy name given to three babies in Ireland last year
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's work influenced by his Irish roots, say family
Recalling my emigrant journey to London from rural Ireland in 1960
Albert F. Coyle: The forgotten Irish American hero of the Holocaust
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
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy
