
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.

The top ten comedians from Ireland
Binghamton heroine 'Mother Connor' who saved factory workers traced back to Cork
The Burren, County Clare - 300 million years in the making
In Focus: Louise Sullivan Potorti - co-founder of Beara Irish Brewing in New Hampshire
"Paddywagon" name for pub leads to appeal to Tampa mayor to shut it
Reenactment of ‘Battle of Vinegar Hill’ set for historic Enniscorthy location
The top ten worst Irish compliments
The origins of Notre Dame’s name - why the Fighting Irish are the Fighting Irish
Celtic origins of Irish now disputed by new DNA results - POLL
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: 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
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
Genealogy
