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.
Congressman Brendan Boyle’s Irish roots
When 265 Irish service members defected from the US to Mexico
WATCH: Ireland's megalithic tombs, the departed, and Samhain
When British politicians attempted to pass the "Drunkenness (Ireland) Bill" in 1905
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
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 "Derry Girls" creator Lisa McGee to take on the Jersey Shore in new comedy
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
