
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.

Bruce Springsteen’s Irish roots traced to Co Kildare
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
All about the Irish surname O'Hara
On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
21 Irish surnames that make brilliant baby names
Welcoming the autumnal equinox at one of Ireland’s most magical ancient sites
On This Day: US Army Brigadier General Michael Corcoran was born in Sligo in 1827
Understanding how Irish surnames were created
On This Day: Michael Cusack, the father of the GAA, is born in Co Clare
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

Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Irish-led study finds physical evidence of gladiators battling lions from the Roman era
WATCH: What's a (1970s) house party without a take-home pack of Guinness?
How a white lie saved one Irish woman's life aboard the Titanic
Fascinating pensions records pre-Easter Rising and beyond reveals a wealth of Irish history
Genealogy
