
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.

The child criminals of 1800s Limerick - where childhood wasn't always very innocent
1,400 “No Irish Need Apply” examples found – can you help us find more?
Rivalry between Pádraig Pearse and Douglas Hyde came to a head 100 years ago
“No Irish Need Apply” signs found by readers from US to Australia
Did your ancestor attend Dublin’s military school?
Easter Rising 1916 - how it was reported at the time
Vatican chief astronomer believes in UFOs and aliens
Why learn Irish? Gaeilge students of North America give their answers
1916 Rising photos never before seen released for centenary
Most read
- 1 Discover where nature meets heritage with CIE Tours' NEW Ireland Walking & Hiking tours
- 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: 1959, Éamon de Valera becomes President of Ireland
The Dublin doctor who fought to end slavery and Irish racism in the US
WATCH: Summer on the sunny "Irish Riviera" nearly 90 years ago
GPO to become iconic museum in bold Dublin City Centre revamp
The Irish duo who murdered 16 people and sold the cadavers
Genealogy
