
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.

Ad king James O’Shaughnessy was the Irish-speaking son of a poor Galway emigrant
20,000 Irishmen fought for Canada in World War I
TV review: Who Do You Think You Are? Season 5, episode 3
Today, why not pig out on this Irish classic – bacon, cabbage and potatoes!
Discover your Irish ancestor’s day in court
Could the four bodies found at Trinity roadworks be Vikings?
WATCH: Historic footage of 1956 Irish Army marching in "peacetime exercise"
3,500-year-old sword discovered by dive club in Shannon River
Cultural ‘youth gathering’ for Ireland’s diaspora welcomed
Most read
- 1 LAST CHANCE to WIN a trip to Ireland! Don't miss your chance to share your love letter
- 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

Irish-led study finds physical evidence of gladiators battling lions from the Roman era
WATCH: What's a (1970s) house party without a take-home pack of Guinness?
How a white lie saved one Irish woman's life aboard the Titanic
Fascinating pensions records pre-Easter Rising and beyond reveals a wealth of Irish history
On This Day: Oscar Wilde's trial for "gross indecency" begins in London
Genealogy
