
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.

Why the Irish invaded Canada to end British rule in Ireland
Stunning decor salvaged from Titanic's sister ship for auction in Dublin
The very odd Padraig Pearse and Hedy Lamarr connection
Sad snobbery about sad reality of Irish American roots in the US
"Movement of Extremists": the secret police records from the 1916 Easter Rising
WATCH: British Pathé’s treasures of Irish history unearthed
John Haltigan - a Kilkenny Fenian born 200 years ago
Nothing prepared me for what I found in Irish adoption records
On This Day: The American inquiry into the Titanic disaster starts
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History

On This Day: The Irish Crown Jewels disappear from Dublin Castle in 1907
WATCH: An incredible tram ride through 1901 Belfast
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Genealogy
