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.
What makes Ireland’s history global - cast of heroes, villains, eccentrics and crackpots
How the sons of Irish ancestors rose the ranks of the CIA - VIDEO
Boston contests Chicago for St. Patrick’s Day HQ title – but have they forgotten about New York?
Caroline Kennedy set for Ireland to mark JFK's 50th anniversary visit
Online "Irish Family History Day" launched with 21 million birth, marriage and death records released
Des Moines' St Patrick's Day parade could be canceled this year
One of America’s largest Irish families the McCormicks invited home for The Gathering
New York based designer Don O'Neill to address Kerry Fashion Weekend
In Focus - Caroline Clarke - Cavan native and co-founder of Queens stationery company Madge & Mabel
Most read
- 1 The unbreakable rules of growing up in an Irish household
- 2 The pros and cons of marrying an Irishman
- 3 Five things you didn't know about the Cliffs of Moher
- 4 Exploring Ireland's Gaeltachts: A revival of the Irish language
- 5 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 6 On This Day: Five killed in Miami Showband Massacre in Co Down in 1975
- 7 Emotional footage shows Glen Hansard’s final gig just hours before fatal crash
- 8 WATCH: Experience the majestic Atlantic Skellig coast in South Kerry
- 9 Ireland unveils new tourism strategy to boost visitor spending through 2029
History
Cork-born Mother Jones, the "most dangerous woman in America," inspired James Connolly
On this day in 1915, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was laid to rest in Dublin, igniting a revolution
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
On This Day: Henry Ford was born in Detroit
Genealogy