
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.

Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy - the scandalous, rebellious, and tragic life of JFK’s sister
PT Barnum circus star General Tom Thumb’s strong links to Ireland
An Cailleach - the Irish goddess of the winter and following her trail in Ireland
The Thanksgiving tradition of Ragamuffin Day in Irish neighborhoods
The short, unhappy life of my great-grandfather Patrick O’Hanlon
Ancient secrets of the Hill of Tara revealed
The truth about Irish bog bodies
The top five questions about Irish genealogy
Interactive digital memorials - IrishCentral & Chptr join forces
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
