
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.

New York Cardinal John O’Connor was the grandson of a Jewish rabbi
Irish Soldiers in the Civil War
Diamonds are an Irish girl's best friend
Fundraiser to excavate 50 murdered Irishmen at Duffy’s Cut
Ireland by the numbers: The facts and figures you thought you knew
Raise an Irish glass – and slice – to your Dad this Father’s Day
Remembering the Famine – the memorials in North America
Did the Irish priest on board the Titanic take a “selfie”?
Bridget’s Journey
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

On This Day: Oscar Wilde's trial for "gross indecency" begins in London
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
On This Day: Irish American Titanic hero "Unsinkable" Molly Brown passed
The 1916 Easter Rising: A guide to the key figures, facts, and moments
Defending Trinity College during the 1916 Easter Rising
Genealogy
