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.
A snapshot of Ireland's first ever National Army, 1922
Irish in 19th century Britain were three times more likely to be accused as criminals
Eyewitness account of survivors of Flight 923 emerge on the Wild Atlantic Way
First official Easter 1916 event held for O’Donovan Rossa funeral
Relatives travel to Chicago from Ireland to remember SS Eastland victims
Body of Jack the Ripper’s Irish victim to be exhumed for answers
Amazing 8th-grader explains how she proved No Irish Need Apply signs existed
Over 92,000 new historical Irish newspaper articles go online
The child criminals of 1800s Limerick - where childhood wasn't always very innocent
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
"Most dangerous woman in America" - Mother Jones remembered for a life of labour and defiance
Titanic hero Irishman Thomas Andrews epitomized bravery as ship went down
DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame
University of Galway launched digital database of Irish American emigrant letters
Genealogy
