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.
On This Day: Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, was born in 1874
Five Irish love stories that changed history
Beautiful Irish language terms of endearment for your sweetheart
This World Radio Day, celebrating inventor Guglielmo Marconi’s Irish connection
The most popular girl and boy baby names in Ireland in 1985
Our favorite Irish love sayings for Valentine’s Day
On This Day: Irish political leader Garret Fitzgerald was born in 1926
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Countess Constance Markievicz was born in 1868
On This Day: Dublin Gothic writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu died in 1873
Most read
- 1 LAST CHANCE to WIN a trip to Ireland! Don't miss your chance to share your love letter
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
On This Day: Irish American Titanic hero "Unsinkable" Molly Brown passed
The 1916 Easter Rising: A guide to the key figures, facts, and moments
Defending Trinity College during the 1916 Easter Rising
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
Genealogy
