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.
Remembering the birth of a nation – Easter Rising 1916
Dublin remembers 1916 Easter Rising with massive program of events
Gerry Adams on what must never be forgotten about Easter 1916 Rising
How the Irish Civil War Began with the Destruction of your Family History
How to do Lent like your ancestors
Young Irish do not believe the 1916 leaders would be proud of Ireland today
Ireland’s commemorations for the 1916 Easter Rising begin
Extraordinary genealogy project connects Maine’s Irish with their relatives in Ireland
Forgotten Unionist eyewitness account of Easter Rising resurfaces
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- 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
WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin
What is Ogham? A look at the ancient Irish alphabet
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy