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.
Protecting the dawn chorus through nests lined with human hair
County Mayo people worldwide will celebrate “Mayo Day”
Was 1916 leader Joseph Plunkett a roller-skating champion in Algeria?
On This Day: Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect in 1949
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland goes home to his Mayo roots
Missing 1,490 remembered in Famine walk from Strokestown to Dublin
Could Orange be the new green in Ireland as some are seeking?
Using social histories and directories for your Irish family tree
The fascinating history of Ireland's Guinness family
Most read
- 1 Experiencing Titanic's last port of call in Cobh, Ireland
- 2 WATCH: Irish short film about an Irish father and son's Titanic twist of fate
- 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 Darina Allen's Irish lemon tart recipe
- 6 Padraig Pearse and the making of a rebel leader
- 7 On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
- 8 On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
- 9 On This Day: Irish American Titanic hero "Unsinkable" Molly Brown passed
History
On This Day: An Irishman was the first paid television preformer
With the IrishCentral Newsletter you decide the stories
On This Day: The maker of the Model T, Henry Ford passed away
World Health Day: Ancient Irish health tips, remedies, and cures
How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
Genealogy