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.
Auction of Patrick Pearse’s mysterious second note of surrender in 1916
The near disaster of my first holy communion
Waist-high snowfall in 822 AD led to Irish famine and death
Irish American Civil War soldier’s last letter home, found on his dead body
Retracing my Irish great-grandmother’s steps in her little village of New York City
Dublin woman discovers she was born into Nazi breeding program
Remembering ‘Longest Day’ author Cornelius Ryan
Rare Irish silver from Cromwell era to be auctioned in England
Keeping the home fires burning - the Irish thatched cottage
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 This slow cooker Irish stew recipe is perfect for family dinners
- 3 WATCH: Guide for what to see and do in Annascaul, Co Kerry
- 4 Irish icon Oscar Wilde’s must-read books
- 5 Irish author James Joyce’s final chapter in Switzerland
- 6 WATCH: Dublin in James Joyce's "Ulysses" traced through historic photographs
- 7 Find Your Wild in Waterford
- 8 Discovery of 20-year long rainfall in Ireland in 2345BC
- 9 How to get your tickets for Katie Taylor’s historic Croke Park fight early
