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.
Is anyone else tired of the second coming of the 1916 Rising?
WATCH: Incredible newsreel shows Derry boy singing for a Canadian soldier in 1945
1916 celebration second largest ever event in Ireland after pope’s visit
Irish university starts world’s largest crowdsourcing project about Vikings
Chilling real-time animation of Titanic sinking isn’t for everyone (VIDEOS)
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)
Most read
- 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
Where is the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world?
The Irishman who designed the Academy’s statuette and won 11 Oscars
Facts about St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada
St. Patrick’s Battalion: What caused them to turn on the U.S. and fight for Mexico?
Genealogy
