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 Dublin spots featured in James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Joyce clan
The Irish Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866
What do "Erin go Bragh" and other Irish phrases mean?
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
A new perspective on my Irish roots, thanks to the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
How much did Jackie know about John F. Kennedy’s affairs?
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 WATCH: What did "new look" fashion look like in 1970s Ireland?
- 8 Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
- 9 WATCH: Historic newsreel shows 1916 Easter Rising aftermath in Dublin
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
