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 amazing disappearing lake
The Emerald era - the Irish and the American pastime baseball
Irish US Army nurse’s World War I bracelet returned after worldwide hunt
Celebrating the life of hero WW2 priest who saved thousands from the Nazis
Limerick man who approved the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
Irish rebel hero Kevin Barry’s mother was refused an Irish pension new records show
Can Ireland's red squirrels be saved from extinction?
Al Capone, US politics and the bad old immigrants
The truth about JFK’s assassination could be about to come out
Most read
- 1 These hilarious gravestone epitaphs prove Irish dark wit is unmatched
- 2 On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
- 3 A funny Irish saying to ward off your enemies
- 4 The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
- 5 Savage! Funny phrases Irish use that Americans don’t
- 6 Ireland's ancient holy wells of Saint Patrick
- 7 Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
- 8 Irish music’s biggest party is back as Milwaukee Irish Fest unveils 2026 lineup
- 9 On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
History
Faces of the Titanic: Irish woman Bridget Delia Bradley tried to climb back onto sinking ship
WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
The Irish man who was hidden on a lifeboat as the Titanic sank
On This Day: The Titanic's tragic last stop in Cobh, Co Cork
On This Day: The Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998
Genealogy
