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.

Fighting for a sacred resting place for thousands of Famine dead on Staten Island

Fighting for a sacred resting place for thousands of Famine dead on Staten Island

Oliver Cromwell was a "metrosexual" obsessed with his appearance

Oliver Cromwell was a "metrosexual" obsessed with his appearance

Researchers traced Irish fair skin back to India and the Middle East

Researchers traced Irish fair skin back to India and the Middle East

How an ancient Irish treasure was found in a dumpster

How an ancient Irish treasure was found in a dumpster

10,000-year-old settlement found in Cork

10,000-year-old settlement found in Cork

A “litany of mishaps and disasters” lead up to the 1916 Easter Rising

A “litany of mishaps and disasters” lead up to the 1916 Easter Rising

The crucial facts about Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising in one easy infographic

The crucial facts about Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising in one easy infographic

Matthew McConaughey hopes to send his kids to the Gaeltacht

Matthew McConaughey hopes to send his kids to the Gaeltacht

30 Irish Americans making the world a better place

30 Irish Americans making the world a better place

When an American student found a 12th century Irish brooch on a Galway Beach

When an American student found a 12th century Irish brooch on a Galway Beach

History

Titanic in numbers: Facts and figures of the Belfast-built RMS Titanic

Titanic in numbers: Facts and figures of the Belfast-built RMS Titanic

Public asked to document Dublin’s old street signs

Public asked to document Dublin’s old street signs

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

How to have an Irish Mother's Day

How to have an Irish Mother's Day

It's vital Irish America remembers the Irish Famine

It's vital Irish America remembers the Irish Famine

Genealogy

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame

DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame

“Walking in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors

“Walking in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors

Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?

Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?

Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later

Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later