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
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- 2 “Who speaks properly?” Belfast toddler puts her parents' accents to the test
- 3 Ireland’s most-visited heritage sites in 2023, from castles to monuments to gardens
- 4 Five Irish memorials honor the victims and heroes lost on September 11
- 5 "No Welcome for Trump" - Dublin and Doonbeg protests set for US President's visit
- 6 An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
- 7 Irish chef Neven Maguire's golden crunch roast potatoes recipe
- 8 Artist Paul Henry's thoughts on the enchanting West of Ireland
- 9 Explore the island of Ireland with IrishCentral's interactive map
History
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," dies in 1803
Expert Irish genealogy group publishes new guide to Irish Civil Registration
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
On This Day: JFK defended his Catholic faith to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
Genealogy
