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.
Born on this day in 1806 was an Irishman who dueled with Abraham Lincoln
Vatican honors World War II Irish priest who saved thousands (VIDEO)
Roger Casement’s haunting letter eight days before his execution (VIDEO)
Baltimore remembers three Famine coffin ships packed with Irish
Cork’s Spike Island was the largest prison in the British Isles
Belfast hero of the Titanic honored in New Jersey (PHOTOS)
Former attorney general says 1916 leaders “had no legitimacy”
Five easy and inexpensive steps to finding your Irish roots
The ghost of Roger Casement and his speech from the dock
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
The Irish and Ash Wednesday - Lent, meatless Fridays, hot-crossed buns
"Weile Weile Waile" - How an old Irish murder ballad became a children's song
Story of Patrick Kavanagh's "On Raglan Road" with Luke Kelly
Find your family history online - Ireland's 1926 Census is being digitized
Matt Talbot's example of sober devotion still inspires
Genealogy