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 shocking story behind an Irish Famine memorial in Quebec
Vinny Byrne, the most feared assassin sent by Michael Collins
Learn Irish culture and language with the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School
Pittsburgh Irish Festival announces line-up for event's 30th celebration
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
Irish Government digitizes O'Donovan Rossa's 19th-century Fenian newspaper
The first assassination carried out by Michael Collins's 'Squad'
The secret, tragic fate of Oscar Wilde’s half-sisters
On This Day: World War I air ace Edward “Mick” Mannock was killed in action in 1918
Most read
- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 What did the Titanic passengers eat?
- 3 On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
- 4 How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
- 5 The weird and wonderful place names around Ireland
- 6 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 7 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 8 James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising
- 9 Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
History
Red wine in Georgian Dublin: it's healing and detrimental effects
What did the Titanic passengers eat?
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
WATCH: 75 years after, an eye-witness to the 1916 Easter Rising tells her story
Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s poet president who helped save the Irish language
Genealogy