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.
Ireland’s Brehon Laws were way ahead of their time
Stand with Irish stories and sustain independent journalism
Six interesting facts about Easter Rising 1916 leaders
Seán Heuston’s stand at the Mendicity Institution helped shape the Easter Rising
This once popular Irish name is at risk of extinction
Grolier Club exhibition explores the Irish Literary Revival and national independence
How Woodrow Wilson deceived Irish America over 1916, ignored Casement’s execution
The fascinating jobs that no longer exist – revealed by Ireland’s 1926 Census
The Irish hands that built the Empire State Building
The poetry of Irish sayings and phrases
Most read
- 1 The true history of “It's a Long Way to Tipperary”
- 2 Irish song “Garryowen” played before Custer's Native American massacres is banned
- 3 This moving poem on death, adapted by Irish monks, offers quiet comfort
- 4 Mayo Day: The top places to visit in County Mayo
- 5 Eavan Boland captured a truth about emigration Ireland cannot forget
- 6 Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor
- 7 Eleven moments that changed Ireland’s history
- 8 On This Day: Riverdance debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994
- 9 The origins of anti-Irish jokes and how they impacted Irish worldwide
History
On This Day: Trinity College Dublin’s gate opened to Irish Catholics in 1794
Irish song “Garryowen” played before Custer's Native American massacres is banned
Eleven moments that changed Ireland’s history
How Irish folklore inspired the black cat superstition
The true history of “It's a Long Way to Tipperary”
Genealogy
