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.
Fishermen catch ancient canoe that ferried stone to Newgrange
Two Irishmen entombed in Civil War ship off the coast of Texas
One woman’s fight to honor Canada’s Famine Irish
Over 1,200 minutes of historic Irish film made available online
Tens of thousands of Great Hunger dead immortalized at Glasnevin Cemetery
Historic Irish national anthem given a modern acoustic twist (VIDEO)
Nearly 300,000 Irish children transported from New York to rural America
Enter to win iconic 1916 Leaders prints from celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh
Places to see in Ireland before you die – part two
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 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 6 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 7 James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising
- 8 Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
- 9 Lions, luxury and living history - explore the epic Fota Island, off Cork
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
