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.
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Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Murphy clan
On This Day: Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe died in 1917
The dark side of green - my Irish immigrant family's tale of crime and corruption
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Brien Clan
The Crab Apple Tree: one of Ireland's oldest native Celtic trees
A guide to speaking like an Irish person
Traditional Irish name tops the list of the most mispronounced in the world
Connect with your Irish spirit: Learn the ancient language with this unique online course
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy
