
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.

Tourists are now visiting Ireland for…the butter
Irish honor Polish explorer and scientist who helped Famine victims
A very brief history of Irish brewing
Did your Irish ancestor fight in the American Civil War?
Famed Fenian leader O’Donovan Rossa’s casket to be put on display
The real story of the heroes of the 1916 Rising should be revealed
50,000 Irish step back in time to commemorate 1916 rebellion
Pirates diving and looting the wreckage of the Lusitania
Center for the Irish diaspora canceled due to lack of government funding
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
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
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
Genealogy
