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.
Irish American of the Year: Dr. John L. Lahey
Those We Lost
What Are You Like?
A Glimpse of Ireland Past
Win free tickets for Jet Blue’s St. Patrick’s Day T5 concert featuring Julie Feeney
How much do you really know about your Irish roots?
‘Out of control’ Hoboken St. Patrick’s parade faces major changes
79th and Out: Irish angry over shortened New York St. Patrick's Day Parade route
Irish America Hall of Fame: Dr. Kevin Cahill
Most read
- 1 Rejected by Ireland and misunderstood by America, one Irish American tells his story
- 2 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 3 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 4 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 5 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 6 Donald Trump at Doonbeg: what’s happening on the final day of his visit
- 7 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
- 8 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 9 On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
History
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
Genealogy