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.

History

What did the Titanic passengers eat?

What did the Titanic passengers eat?

Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders

Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders

WATCH: 75 years after, an eye-witness to the 1916 Easter Rising tells her story

WATCH: 75 years after, an eye-witness to the 1916 Easter Rising tells her story

Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s poet president who helped save the Irish language

Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s poet president who helped save the Irish language

Vital 25th Amendment, the work of an Irish emigrant’s son

Vital 25th Amendment, the work of an Irish emigrant’s son

Genealogy

With the IrishCentral Newsletter you decide the stories

With the IrishCentral Newsletter you decide the stories

DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame

DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame

This St. Patrick's Day, be a Friend of IrishCentral and together we can support each other

This St. Patrick's Day, be a Friend of IrishCentral and together we can support each other

The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada

The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada

Remarkable life stories from my grandmother's family in post-Famine Ireland

Remarkable life stories from my grandmother's family in post-Famine Ireland