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 Flying Boats of Foynes – an era of very different air travel
Walt Disney asked to meet Éamon de Valera while researching leprechauns
Padraig Pearse as cross-dresser in controversial Easter Rising comedy
Canada announces $5 million in funding for Grosse Île, famine-era Ellis Island
The Green Redcoats: The story of the Kilmainham Pensioners
Over 1.1 million additional historical Irish newspaper articles go online
What county has the best accent in Ireland?
Orphans of Ireland’s Great Hunger married off to Australian convicts
How I traced my grandfather’s life from a famous photographer’s image
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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
