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.
POLL: Should Ireland have an Independence Day - Republic Day?
Fair Day photos from the late 19th-century showcase rural Ireland
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American tourists witnessed ruthless 1880s Irish tenant farmer evictions
The Irish Titanic Officer who was "larger than life"
Lincoln had engraved Irish linen handkerchief in his pocket night of assassination
Tell us your about your mom for Mother's Day!
Courageous Irish war dog followed his owner to the front lines of WWI
Iconic 1990s Tourism Ireland ad featuring The Cranberries track rereleased for 25th album anniversary
Most read
- 1 On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
- 2 Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
- 3 Savage! Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 4 On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
- 5 Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
- 6 Irish music’s biggest party is back as Milwaukee Irish Fest unveils 2026 lineup
- 7 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
- 8 A third of fuel stations in Ireland could be without supply amidst blockade, officials warn
- 9 WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
History
The dazzling life of Mabelle Gilman Corey
On This Day: USS Jamestown sent to Ireland on a Famine-relief mission
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
Documentary reveals incredible colorized footage of the Titanic
Genealogy