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 Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising
LISTEN: "Skibbereen" a beautiful Irish ballad with a tragic Irish Famine tale
On This Day: Thomas J Clarke remembered 110 years after his execution
The Irish soldier who went on to rule a small kingdom in India
The Easter Rising and a day at the races for my Irish grandfather
Early Irish hunter-gatherers were dark skinned with blue eyes, says expert
The Black Irish - what are the truths and what are the myths?
The Tuatha De Danann: Were they Irish gods or aliens?
Padraig Pearse and the making of a rebel leader
Most read
- 1 A real-life horror story of the Irish cannibal who terrorized Australia
- 2 How big is Ireland? The answer might surprise you!
- 3 Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
- 4 Ireland's most breathtaking natural wonders that deserve a spot on your travel list
- 5 How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
- 6 How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
- 7 Homemade blackberry jam and custard donuts bring back a taste of Irish summer
- 8 These Baileys Irish cream cheese swirl brownies are pure indulgence
- 9 Trump's whirlwind Ireland visit will mix diplomacy, protests and golf
History
How Daniel O'Connell became Ireland's Great Emancipator and won Catholic rights
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
The dark secrets behind the Kennedy family's Camelot image
Genealogy
