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.
Burned at the stake was the original punishment for blasphemy in Ireland
John F. Kennedy Jr. had a playdate with a killer
Irish American women who changed the United States
Crazy Irish stories! The Irish man who stole the Crown Jewels to a real-life Robinson Crusoe
In Ireland, the county you are from is of vital importance
The Irish War Cry and what it meant to the Celtic tribes in battle
Would you try ‘Bog butter’ from 3,000 BC?
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's ancestral link to an Irish slave owner
After 1950s forced adoption New Yorker is reunited with his Irish mother
Most read
- 1 Cobblestone Cottage: Stay in an authentic Irish cottage in Donegal
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
National Irish Coffee Day: Learn the history of the tasty treat and how to make it
On This Day: Willie Clancy, Irish piper and folklorist, died in 1973
Ancient Sheela na Gigs, Irish statues of women exposing themselves, explained
On This Day: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Genealogy
