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.
Ireland’s Brehon Laws were way ahead of their time
Stand with Irish stories and sustain independent journalism
Six interesting facts about Easter Rising 1916 leaders
Seán Heuston’s stand at the Mendicity Institution helped shape the Easter Rising
This once popular Irish name is at risk of extinction
Grolier Club exhibition explores the Irish Literary Revival and national independence
How Woodrow Wilson deceived Irish America over 1916, ignored Casement’s execution
The fascinating jobs that no longer exist – revealed by Ireland’s 1926 Census
The Irish hands that built the Empire State Building
Most read
- 1 Secrets of the Daniel O’Connell monument in Dublin
- 2 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 3 This slow cooker Irish stew recipe is perfect for family dinners
- 4 What is Bloomsday? Why does James Joyce's "Ulysses" matter so much?
- 5 IrishCentral Book Club's ultimate Irish reading list
- 6 WATCH: Ireland as seen from a horse-drawn caravan 50 years ago
- 7 John Lennon was getting ready to retire to Co Mayo before his tragic death
- 8 Was the real King Arthur Irish?
- 9 Yeats’s Nobel Prize win marked a turning point in Irish literature
