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 Dolocher: The dark tale of Dublin’s 'Jack the Ripper'
1916 Proclamation and other amazing Rising artifacts to be auctioned in Dublin
During Easter Week 1916, more Irish died fighting in WWI in France than in the Rising
Sketches of Roger Casement in the Tower of London days before his execution
The bravery of the Grey Nuns of Montreal during Ireland's Great Hunger
An Irish poet in America recalls the dark secrets of her youth
Where Ireland’s 1916 Rising is being commemorated around the US
Melting pot President New Yorker Eamon DeValera
United Irish Counties launches 1916 book
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
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