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.
Third time's a charm for Tipp V Cork 1926 Hurling Final
How a Waterford socialist politician became England's Minister for Health
The anti-fascist fighter from the Cork/Kerry border
Honoring 10,000 Irish immigrants who built the US railroads
On This Day: 1916 Easter Rising executions continue to the shock of many Irish people
The tale of a foiled fairy abduction
On This Day: Joseph Mary Plunkett, 1916 Easter Rising leader, is executed
Inside Ireland’s oldest pub - it might be the oldest in the world!
Etiquette tips to know before traveling to Ireland
Most read
- 1 Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
- 2 Oh, Lisdoonvarna... is a town unlike any other in Ireland
- 3 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 4 Places in Ireland that can change your life
- 5 Top magical caves to explore in Ireland
- 6 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 7 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 8 First oil tankers leave Whitegate as Gardaí clash with protestors at the site
- 9 On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
History
On This Day: Handel's "Messiah" premiered in Fishamble Street, Dublin
On his birthday, Samuel Beckett’s Nobel Prize still speaks to modern Ireland
Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
On his birthday, Seamus Heaney’s Nobel win still resonates across Ireland and beyond
The dazzling life of Mabelle Gilman Corey
Genealogy