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.
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
On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
The London Jew gave his life for Ireland during Easter 1916
The once wildly popular name in Ireland verging on extinction in 2026
What did the Titanic passengers eat?
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- 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
