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 Irish maid who witnessed Lizzie Borden's horrific axe murders
The Fenian Beatles - the Fab Four's Irish heritage examined
Death of super-spy George Blake recalls Irishman’s role in his daring escape from British jail
Eleven moments that changed Ireland’s history
100 years of Connelly family patriotism serving the US
How to trace your roots in Ireland - tips on finding your Irish ancestors
The Blackcastle Races - IRA escape from a troop of British soldiers in 1920
The history of Ireland's beloved "Whiskey in the Jar"
Colorized photographs of Ireland's revolution featured in spectacular new Irish history book
Most read
- 1 The unbreakable rules of growing up in an Irish household
- 2 Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
- 3 Traditional Irish recipes to make your summer fresh and tasty
- 4 On This Day: Five killed in Miami Showband Massacre in Co Down in 1975
- 5 WATCH: Experience the majestic Atlantic Skellig coast in South Kerry
- 6 WATCH: Dublin's buskers gather to say goodbye to Glen Hansard with the songs he gave them
- 7 From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
- 8 Ed Sheeran brings his charity home to Ireland with new cross-border music project
- 9 Glen Hansard's Dublin wake and funeral to be open to the public
History
Lughnasa - How to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival
Cork-born Mother Jones, the "most dangerous woman in America," inspired James Connolly
On this day in 1915, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was laid to rest in Dublin, igniting a revolution
From St. Swithin's Day to Lughnasa - ancient Irish summer days of note
History of Irish emigration: its tragedies and what we should embrace and celebrate
Genealogy
