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.
Ireland’s bubonic plague scare in 1900
"Buried silently and sadly" - The Irish Famine dead of 1847
My great-uncle's Easter Rising fight at the South Dublin Union
How the Catholic church misjudged the Easter Rising
A look inside Co Donegal's Molloy & Sons tweed company
An Irish blessing of light and hope
How did Hollywood get its name? It all started in Ireland
The Irish "mudcrawlers" who fled to Wales during the Great Hunger
Irish mother who served British soldiers tea during Troubles shot weeks later
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Titanic struck an iceberg despite receiving warnings
- 2 Fascinating facts about County Mayo
- 3 Try this modern twist on the traditional Irish bread pudding recipe
- 4 Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 5 How a white lie saved one Irish woman's life aboard the Titanic
- 6 The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
- 7 The reality behind the Irish characters in the 1997 movie "Titanic"
- 8 Tralee, a gateway to the Kingdom, no rose smells as sweet
- 9 Tributes pour in for "First Lady of Celtic music" Moya Brennan
History
Secrets of Clew Bay: Mayo's power made Gráinne Ní Mháille hard to catch
The quiet brother who stood beside Pearse in 1916
How a white lie saved one Irish woman's life aboard the Titanic
The major role of gay women in the 1916 Easter Rising
On This Day: Titanic struck an iceberg despite receiving warnings
Genealogy
