
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 sisters search for their long lost mother in the US – Can you help?
George Clooney cites his Great Hunger roots in refugee speech
50,000 military records of Easter Rising and War of Independence released
The most famous and successful Irish siblings (PHOTOS)
Jackie Kennedy’s sister was “relieved” after JFK’s assassination
The famous Irish American baby named Abe Lincoln born during the US Civil War
Patrick Pearse 1916 surrender letter may sell for as much as $1.7 million
Family fights for Great Hunger monument for all in Glasnevin Cemetery
The world prepares to commemorate Ireland’s Great Hunger
Most read
- 1 Discover where nature meets heritage with CIE Tours' NEW Ireland Walking & Hiking tours
- 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

An Irish nun's friendship with Princess Diana
On This Day: Irish American hero Thomas Francis Meagher died in 1867
WIN a private walking tour of Dublin's Georgian architecture with lunch at the Merrion Hotel
WATCH: Incredible US footage of 1920s Ireland colorized
WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
Genealogy
