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.
In Focus: Betty McLoughlin - president of the Irish American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens
Albert E. Smith named as 2013 grand marshal of NYC's St Patrick’s Day Parade
Dublin hosts inaugural Bram Stoker Festival: My Name is Dracula celebrating centenary of author’s death
Joe Biden says malarkey others say mullarkey what’s all this about?
Spectacular Ireland as seen through the lens of photographer Damien Stenson – PHOTOS
Get ready for Halloween with some spooky travel tales - the most haunted places in Ireland
Top ten great Irish Halloween costume ideas -- get prepped to impress
Top ten things I didn’t like about Irishmen in Ireland
Illustration of 8 foot 1 inch ‘Irish Giant’ found among 'freaks' in 200-year-old book
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- 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
WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin
What is Ogham? A look at the ancient Irish alphabet
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy