
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.

Could your ancestor have been an orphan workhouse girl who emigrated in 1853?
In forgotten famine of 1879 Irish Americans aided relief efforts
The Irish took sides in the Spanish Civil War 80 years ago this summer
Secret tunnels used for testing machine guns by Michael Collins revealed
Easter Rising’s influence on Irish American culture to be examined at UMass
Hidden history: Anglo-Indian branches in an Irish family tree
5,800-year-old rock scribing found near Ireland’s Croagh Patrick
Why Ireland owes Irish America a huge amount
Thirty-two years of heinous crimes in 19th century Ireland go online
Most read
- 1 LAST CHANCE to WIN a trip to Ireland! Don't miss your chance to share your love letter
- 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: Oscar Wilde's trial for "gross indecency" begins in London
On This Day: Irish American Titanic hero "Unsinkable" Molly Brown passed
The 1916 Easter Rising: A guide to the key figures, facts, and moments
Defending Trinity College during the 1916 Easter Rising
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Genealogy
