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.
Win a copy of “Ireland: Birth of a Nation” - 1916 Rising commemorative film (VIDEO)
Trace your WWI ancestors in detailed Rolls of Honor
Your typical night out in 1930s Ireland
Irish D-Day hero Tommy Meehan dies at 93
Australia to honor the young Irish orphans shipped over during Famine
Tracing your Irish roots: the quagmire of administrative districts
Five reasons you need to participate in New York Public Library's "Emigrant City" project
Ask the expert! Irish genealogy questions answered
WATCH: Before and after the Easter Rising - footage of Dublin in 1915 and 1916
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
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
What you should know about Irish American mobster “The Irishman” Danny Greene
WATCH: Drive back in time through 1970s Dublin with this rare video
Original historic US documents to go on display in Belfast this year
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
Genealogy