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.
Stunning decor salvaged from Titanic's sister ship for auction in Dublin
The very odd Padraig Pearse and Hedy Lamarr connection
Sad snobbery about sad reality of Irish American roots in the US
"Movement of Extremists": the secret police records from the 1916 Easter Rising
WATCH: British Pathé’s treasures of Irish history unearthed
John Haltigan - a Kilkenny Fenian born 200 years ago
Nothing prepared me for what I found in Irish adoption records
On This Day: The American inquiry into the Titanic disaster starts
An IRA Holy Week shooting in New York
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
Titanic hero Irishman Thomas Andrews epitomized bravery as ship went down
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Genealogy
