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.
The top five weird Irish bars in the United States - from animal testicles to ghostly apparitions
30 US citizens receive Gaeltacht Summer Award grants to study the Irish language
Irish adventurer supports historic search for missing United States descendant Irish donkey
Rare vinyl recording of James Joyce reading “Ulysses” goes up for auction in New York - VIDEO
Eighty-one 400-year-old gold coins discovered by Carrick-on-Suir construction workers go on display
Community embraces John F Kennedy’s Irish roots ahead of JFK50 for The Gathering
Sex sells - graphic novel depicts James Joyce and Nora Barnacle’s love life in new bio
University College Cork honors four leaders in their fields including human rights, journalism and broadcasting
Reasons “Father Ted” was the best comedy sitcom ever
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
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
The unique Irish history of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery
Ireland's last witch trial, over 300 years ago, condemned eight innocent women
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Kilmainham Gaol reveals surprise link between Jessie Buckley and 1916 Rising
Genealogy
