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.
Powerful poem on what it means to be an Irish American in Ireland
On This Day: The US Civil War begins in 1861
The Irish man who was hidden on a lifeboat as the Titanic sank
On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
The London Jew gave his life for Ireland during Easter 1916
The once wildly popular name in Ireland verging on extinction in 2026
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
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History
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
Nixon won the White House on this day in 1968 and later trashed the Irish on tape
WATCH: Rare 1940 film captures Dublin trams, Nelson’s Pillar and a packed Croke Park
JFK's Irish tweed hat from Éamon de Valera heads to auction
Mayo’s starving walked 15 miles for food and were told to wait until lunch was over
Genealogy
