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.
When an ancient ‘drowned forest’ was uncovered off Galway during a storm
Secret love letters to Jackie Kennedy from British ambassador found
How much do you know about the Irish famine? Take the ultimate quiz
British Jewish leaders searched for the Ark of the Covenant at Tara
Secrets behind the Irish name - Patricks versus Paddys
50 years ago an Irish Aussie was the last man Australia ever executed
Ireland and the Paris Peace Conference: How Sinn Féin Waged a Diplomatic War
Irish Claddagh rings, their symbolism and story
Top Irish history books to delve into
Most read
- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 What did the Titanic passengers eat?
- 3 On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
- 4 How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
- 5 The weird and wonderful place names around Ireland
- 6 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 7 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 8 James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising
- 9 Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
History
Red wine in Georgian Dublin: it's healing and detrimental effects
What did the Titanic passengers eat?
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
WATCH: 75 years after, an eye-witness to the 1916 Easter Rising tells her story
Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s poet president who helped save the Irish language
Genealogy
