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 Swede and the Finn who fought at the GPO in the 1916 Rising
Roger Casement, 1916 rebel executed on this day, denied hero status because he was gay
Are your Irish ancestors in the Kilmainham Jail autograph book from 1916?
This mythological Irish name was given to fewer than three babies last year
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
Powerful poem on what it means to be an Irish American in Ireland
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
The Irish man who was hidden on a lifeboat as the Titanic sank
Most read
- 1 “We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
- 2 Brits can’t get enough of Hurling on BBC as Limerick seal All-Ireland final
- 3 Taoiseach congratulates new British Prime Minister
- 4 "Tracing Forward" - New geneaology resource to find living Irish relatives
- 5 Paul Mescal gets sweet shout-out on Gracie Abrams' new album
- 6 Ireland to invest €4 million for Women in Sport
- 7 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
- 8 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
- 9 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
History
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s famous speech on anniversary of the moon landing
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Genealogy
