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.
The Céide Fields - Mayo's Stone Age monument wonder
What have the Irish done for America?
Irish-American Cultural Traditions: A Living Connection Across the Atlantic
Why JFK did not kiss Pope Paul VI's papal ring in 1963
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
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
WATCH: Amazing color footage of life in Killarney 75 years ago
This Irish baby name was EVERYWHERE in the 2000s, could it be due a comeback?
Most read
- 1 Famous film and TV locations in Ireland you can actually visit
- 2 Irish famine emigrant's emotional letter home to Mom and Dad in 1850
- 3 Dublin Irish Festival returns to Ohio with music, dance and more
- 4 Remembering Countess Markievicz, the rebel who died 99 years ago today
- 5 Mucros Weavers keeps Irish weaving in motion
- 6 Saints, sailors, distilleries and demesnes, County Offaly has it all
- 7 Jamey Carney murder: Legal battle to bring suspect to Ireland could take months
- 8 WATCH: What did "new look" fashion look like in 1970s Ireland?
- 9 Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
History
The Leitrim orphan girl who became New Orleans' "Mother of Orphans"
The Irish didn't just come to America, they helped create it.
Irish famine emigrant's emotional letter home to Mom and Dad in 1850
Remembering Countess Markievicz, the rebel who died 99 years ago today
Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
Genealogy
