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.

Live grenade from War of Independence discovered in Dublin

Live grenade from War of Independence discovered in Dublin

US soldier's message in a bottle found in Cork over a decade later

US soldier's message in a bottle found in Cork over a decade later

Comhrá 24/7 attempt to break world record for longest Irish language chat

Comhrá 24/7 attempt to break world record for longest Irish language chat

Thoughts on my emigrant life as death casts its long shadow back home

Thoughts on my emigrant life as death casts its long shadow back home

Millions of Irish in America descended from Ireland's most prolific high king

Millions of Irish in America descended from Ireland's most prolific high king

New app tells the gory, weird tales that shaped the city of Dublin

New app tells the gory, weird tales that shaped the city of Dublin

Former Cork GAA player with dreams of playing in the NFL

Former Cork GAA player with dreams of playing in the NFL

New study shows redheads 54 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer

New study shows redheads 54 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer

Test your Irish IQ with this general knowledge quiz

Test your Irish IQ with this general knowledge quiz

Brian Boru to be honored at Irish festival in Milwaukee

Brian Boru to be honored at Irish festival in Milwaukee

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