
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.

Why my British Army relative killed in 1916 deserves respect
Where Irish history was made - Top towns and places
5 things you didn’t know about your Roscommon ancestors
Expert advice for tracing your Irish ancestors (VIDEO)
Important Irish artifact from WWI discovered at British yard sale
The emotions behind the Great Famine
The O’Rahilly’s famous last charge during the 1916 Rising (VIDEO)
University College Dublin launches program of 25 events for decade of commemorations
Northern Ireland to host annual Famine commemoration for first time
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
Final days of Michael Collins: ambush, assassination, and peace talks in Ireland's Civil War
How the killing of Michael Collins changed Ireland for the worse
The Toronto doctor who cared for Ireland’s Great Hunger victims
Vinny Byrne, the most feared assassin sent by Michael Collins
Genealogy
