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.
A “litany of mishaps and disasters” lead up to the 1916 Easter Rising
The crucial facts about Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising in one easy infographic
Matthew McConaughey hopes to send his kids to the Gaeltacht
30 Irish Americans making the world a better place
When an American student found a 12th century Irish brooch on a Galway Beach
When an American student found a 12th century Irish brooch on a Galway Beach
Diary of an Irish rebel fighting in the 1916 Easter Rising
Michael Collins' secret - who was in charge of the "Twelve Apostles" hit squad?
How England feared the Irish would take over Australia after Easter Rising
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- 1 CIE Tours reveal huge Ireland sale! Save on ALL guided vacations for 2026 travel
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
On This Day: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Tea drinking in Ireland was once viewed as "reckless and uncontrollable"
How to celebrate the Summer Solstice the Irish way
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone was born in Dublin
Genealogy
