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.
From crowbars to coffin ships: Cavan’s journey through the Great Hunger
A tale of two famous Michaels, both born in Co Cork in the autumn of 1890
Celtic craic returns: Milwaukee Irish Fest 2025 set to rock the lakefront
The wonderfully strange history behind the Irish saying “chancing your arm”
The Pogues are back! Iconic Celtic punk group announces 2025 tour dates
10 rare Irish baby names for boys to have on your radar in 2025
Irish baby name is the fastest rising name in England Wales
The man who witnessed Michael Collins' death in 1922
Remembering Daniel O’Connell's final tragic plea to save Ireland from Famine
Most read
- 1 Why Queen Victoria became known as the Famine Queen and never shook the name (76 characters)
- 2 What to do when you touch down in Ireland
- 3 Bronx man adopted from Dublin at birth finds his Irish family after 63 years
- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
History
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
Nixon won the White House on this day in 1968 and later trashed the Irish on tape
WATCH: Rare 1940 film captures Dublin trams, Nelson’s Pillar and a packed Croke Park
JFK's Irish tweed hat from Éamon de Valera heads to auction
Mayo’s starving walked 15 miles for food and were told to wait until lunch was over
Genealogy
