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.
The English spy who ripped apart Irish America
Nurse Margaret Keogh - the first martyr of the 1916 Easter Rising
The true(ish) history of how the English invaded Ireland
Available online for the first time - Dublin workhouse records 1840-1919
Remembering Samuel Beckett on his anniversary
Rebel Wilson on her Irish convict ancestors
Five things you didn’t know about your Armagh ancestors
Did your Irish ancestor receive a military pension?
The top Irish engagement rings (PHOTOS)
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
Arbour Hill, Dublin’s forgotten memorial to the men of 1916
WATCH: Amazing colorized footage of Titanic in Belfast
Faces of the Titanic: Irishman Jeremiah Burke sent a message in a bottle before his death
WATCH: 1989 RTÉ report highlights blight of emigration on Mayo town
Was the coward of the Titanic really a hero? The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" says yes
Genealogy