
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.

On This Day: Dublin's Molly Malone 'died of a fever'
The son of Irish immigrants who led to the capture of Abraham Lincoln's killer
Irish Georgian Society: Breathing new life into Ireland's architectural heritage
Irish paramedic follows in her grandfather’s footsteps by joining London Ambulance Service
Colin Farrell narrates new RTÉ series tracing 8,000 years of Irish history
21 rare names that were given to less than five babies in Ireland last year
Irish Pride: celebrating Ireland's most influential LGBTQ people
How to make boxty, traditional Irish potato cakes
Remembering Kate Spade: Celebrating her Irish roots on the anniversary of her passing
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 2 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 3 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 4 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 5 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 6 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 7 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 8 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
- 9 President Michael D. Higgins accuses Israel of leaking his Iran letter
History

WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
WATCH: Ireland's "supertrain" was the "smooth, swift, and safe" way to travel in 1973
Irish research raises doubts that incestuous ‘god-kings’ ruled during Neolithic Ireland
The history of Irish coffee and how to make it (with a dash of Tullamore Dew!)
On This Day: Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Fenian leader, dies in the U.S.
Genealogy
