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.
Time to reclaim great Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn
Jackie Kennedy's private life revealed by her Irish-born assistant
Molly Maguires story staged in Ireland for the first time
First photograph of James Connolly taken before his 1916 execution
Ireland deem Patrick Pearse surrender letter too expensive to buy
Which Irish names are making a comeback?
Can you guess the ratio of Irish Americans to the number of Irish?
When racism ruled New York and my great-great-grandfather died
How Hitler’s henchman became an Irish farmer after the war
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 The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
- 4 A funny Irish saying to ward off your enemies
- 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