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.
100 years ago this week, first IRA hunger striker died during the War of Independence
Was President Kennedy related to Michael Collins?
Ireland's oldest woman shares message of hope on 107th birthday
A real-life horror story of the Irish cannibal who terrorized Australia
Historic spots in Ireland where public executions took place
Prince William’s Earthshot Prize was inspired by John F. Kennedy
Recalling the ancient traditions of Irish funerals this Halloween season
Who is Michelle Obama? And does she have Irish roots?
When the American dream tragically failed my grandparents
Most read
- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 WATCH: Irish short film about an Irish father and son's Titanic twist of fate
- 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 WATCH: Liam Neeson takes his Easter Bunny audition very seriously
- 6 The Titanic's youngest survivor Millvina Dean, died at the age of 97
- 7 Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
- 8 Darina Allen's Irish lemon tart recipe
- 9 Padraig Pearse and the making of a rebel leader
History
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On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
World Health Day: Ancient Irish health tips, remedies, and cures
How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
Genealogy