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.
Veterans Day: Irish Medal of Honor recipients remembered
Irish-Jewish Museum in Dublin promoted in New York City
Was the Irish famine caused by a Saharan dust storm and microbes from space?
Sligo to celebrate legacy of poet and playwright W.B. Yeats with Yeats Day next month
Top ten reasons the Irish make a success of themselves as immigrants
Hit the ground running in Ireland this summer - our top picks of the great events
We're getting married both the Irish and American way
Forgotten Irish Medal of Honor winner finally acknowledged by US
Maeve Binchy reveals her tough schooldays in upcoming book essay
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 Milwaukee Irish Fest returns to the lakefront with new headliners and hidden gems
- 8 Black Widows of Liverpool: The Irish sisters suspected of being prolific serial killers
- 9 Emotional footage shows Glen Hansard’s final gig just hours before fatal crash
History
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
Unsung Irish heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg
“Bang Bang” the famous Dublin’s character and lover of Westerns remembered
Genealogy