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.
Debates bound to arise surrounding the 1916 Easter Rising centenary
“Building Ireland” looks at rumor Drogheda viaduct was built on foundations of Cotton Wool
4,000 year-old pit discovered on Sligo’s Coney Island
Long-lost Irish cousins reunited in Boston after 86 years
New bog body found by peat worker most likely from Bronze Age
Irish political cartoons from Home Rule period acquired by Great Hunger Institute (PHOTOS)
Famous quotes from the most influential Irish authors
The impact of the Irish on the American railway system
Photo shows outlaw Billy the Kid as clean cut and preppy
Most read
- 1 CIE Tours reveal huge Ireland sale! Save on ALL guided vacations for 2026 travel
- 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: A million Irish turned out for Mass at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress
WATCH: This Aer Lingus advert from the 1960s will have you feeling nostalgic
Tea drinking in Ireland was once viewed as "reckless and uncontrollable"
How to celebrate the Summer Solstice the Irish way
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone was born in Dublin
Genealogy
