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.
PT Barnum circus star General Tom Thumb’s strong links to Ireland
Meet Kate Tyrrell, the first Irish woman to be a ship’s sea captain
What have the Irish done for America?
Aran Woollen Mills keeps Irish craft at the heart of modern knitwear
WATCH: Amazing color footage of life in Killarney 75 years ago
Over half a million Irish historical records are now free to explore online
This Irish baby name was EVERYWHERE in the 2000s, could it be due a comeback?
WATCH: Charming video visits Antrim lighthouses and the crews who maintained them
Two surprising Irish baby names are expected to "explode" in 2027
On This Day: Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenian leader, dies in the U.S.
Most read
- 1 Why JFK did not kiss Pope Paul VI's papal ring in 1963
- 2 The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
- 3 Study Gaelic Literature and Culture online with University College Cork
- 4 These traditional Irish dishes are most at risk of extinction
- 5 Irish facts about Independence Day you may not know
- 6 Meet Kate Tyrrell, the first Irish woman to be a ship’s sea captain
- 7 Donald Trump boasts about 4th of July celebrations as officials warn of record-high temperatures in Washington
- 8 WATCH: The changeover from “counter culture” in Ireland’s 1960s markets
- 9 PT Barnum circus star General Tom Thumb’s strong links to Ireland
History
Ireland has changed utterly since the 1950s but reassuringly stays the same
WATCH: The changeover from “counter culture” in Ireland’s 1960s markets
Why JFK did not kiss Pope Paul VI's papal ring in 1963
William Henry Ireland, the man who forged Shakespeare
America 250: Ireland’s story in the American story
Genealogy
