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.
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Michael Collins "a nasty piece of work," according to one relative of a 1916 leader
Irish who lost their lives on the Titanic remembered
Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
April Fools! Some of the best pranks in Irish history
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Most read
- 1 The best towns to visit along Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
- 2 "Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
- 3 The story behind Ireland's favorite song, "Zombie" by The Cranberries
- 4 What is Ireland’s favorite funeral song?
- 5 On This Day: Forgotten Cork rebel Thomas Kent was executed after the Easter Rising
- 6 Delicious Irish Guinness porter cake recipe
- 7 Rediscovering Mammy’s buns: The classic Irish sweet treat you’ll love to bake
- 8 15 irrational things that make every Irish mammy spiral
- 9 A journey over the Caha Mountains of the Beara Peninsula makes for unforgettable memories
History
Battle of the Boyne 'Living History' tours return this summer
A beautiful Irish poem from Patrick Kavanagh for Mother’s Day
On This Day: Forgotten Cork rebel Thomas Kent was executed after the Easter Rising
The Irish man who tried to steal the British Crown Jewels
"Galway Bay" - the mystery man who wrote the classic song
Genealogy
