
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.

Roots of heritage, wings of legacy: Plant a tree in Ireland
The Irish who dug the tunnels for New York’s subway system
What do the names of Ireland's counties mean?
Ten of the greatest Irish American writers
The ancient history behind Ireland’s roads
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
The Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
How to find photographs of your ancestors? Photo detective reveals
Most read
- 1 How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
- 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

How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
40 children died in the Easter Rising, some with the taste of chocolate in their mouths
Belfast's Titanic shipyard built more than just ships
WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Genealogy
