
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.

"Empowered" Rose of Tralee set to return home to New York this weekend
Ireland's lesser-known Famine, the history of the Year of the Slaughter
"Planting roots in Ireland", meaningful reasons behind the gift of an Irish Heritage Tree
Rare footage of Michael Collins during Irish Civil War revealed
WATCH: The Irish town ‘steeped in sorrow’ after JFK’s assassination
How Maureen O'Hara became Hollywood royalty
Greatest quotes from and about Michael Collins
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
The best modern-day Irish love songs
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Irish facts about Independence Day you may not know
WATCH: Remarkable footage from a Magdalene Laundry in the 1940s
An Irish nun's friendship with Princess Diana
Genealogy
