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.
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Michael Collins "a nasty piece of work," according to one relative of a 1916 leader
Irish who lost their lives on the Titanic remembered
Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
April Fools! Some of the best pranks in Irish history
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
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 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
- 6 Paul Mescal gets sweet shout-out on Gracie Abrams' new album
- 7 Ireland to invest €4 million for Women in Sport
- 8 Northern Ireland Secretary of State: Benn out, Bryant in in Burnham's Cabinet reshuffle
- 9 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade names Trish O'Keefe as 2027 Grand Marshal
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
