
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.

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
Irish last names increasingly popular as first names in America
Rhode Island woman's quest uncovers hundreds of Irish Famine graves
Public have their say over design of historic Irish monument in Vancouver
“Growing up in Ireland, I scraped my black skin hoping to be white”
Irish priest remembers role in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp liberation
Immerse yourself in 1916 Dublin with this Colin Farrell-narrated tour (PHOTOS)
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

On This Day: Michael Collins killed in an ambush in Co Cork
Final days of Michael Collins: ambush, assassination, and peace talks in Ireland's Civil War
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
The makers of Michael Collins' death mask believed he was shot at close range
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
Genealogy
