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.
Where the Black Irish really came from and no, it wasn’t the Spanish Armada
The English land agent who inspired the "boycott" in 19th-century Ireland
Lock of Michael Collins' hair sells at auction for over $23k
The fascinating history of Cobh in Co Cork
Britain’s original Kings were Irish Celts
“No Irish Need Apply” signs existed despite denials, high schooler proved
Join in on the craic of St. Patrick's Festival by tuning into SPF TV anywhere in the world
Why we’re proud to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
How to find out where your ancestors lived in Ireland
Most read
- 1 Irish traditional music remains Ireland's most enduring and defining product
- 2 The Titanic's youngest survivor Millvina Dean, died at the age of 97
- 3 Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
- 4 WATCH: Liam Neeson takes his Easter Bunny audition very seriously
- 5 On This Day: "Famine Queen" Victoria arrived to Ireland in 1900
- 6 Thomas Kent: the forgotten Cork rebel of the 1916 Easter Rising
- 7 Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
- 8 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 9 How this Irish woman almost didn't survive the Titanic disaster
History
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
The Titanic's youngest survivor Millvina Dean, died at the age of 97
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
My evening with Ned Kelliher, the jarvey of Tralee
Genealogy