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.
WATCH: A look at Ennis, Co Clare more than 70 years ago
On This Day: Easter Rising leader John MacBride executed in 1916
Celebrate World Laughter Day with Irish jokes, regional wit and wisdom
Interesting facts about the lovely County Clare
On This Day: William Pearse, Easter Rising rebel, was executed
How to apply for an Irish passport
Treat her to a little bit of Ireland this Mother's Day with a unique Irish gift box
Diary of Co Armagh soldier, 17, killed at Battle of the Somme
40 children died in the Easter Rising, some with the taste of chocolate in their mouths
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
Guy Fawkes was killed trying to restore a Catholic to British throne
On This Day: Richard Nixon elected president of the United States in 1968
National Love Your Red Hair Day: Maureen O'Hara and the most famous redheads in history
As important as Newgrange or Tara - an ancient Irish site you’ve never heard of
"Bad Bridget" film adaptation in the works from "Kneecap" director
Genealogy