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.
Descendants of Irishmen killed in mining disaster 150 years ago search for answers
The infamous story of the Armagh woman who was buried alive
4,800-year-old Newgrange bone leads to theory on how dogs were domesticated
Exploring the life of an Irish railroad family at the Baltimore Shrine to the Immigrant Irish
NI Police colluded with Loyalist killers of six Catholics watching World Cup
Twenty-two pounds of 2,000-year-old bog butter unearthed in Co. Meath
Have any Guinness memorabilia lying around? It could be worth a pretty penny
300th anniversary of the launch of one of the first ships to bring the Irish to America
Donald Trump and Joe Biden set to face off in Ireland, Scotland
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
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy