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

Mayo's Addergoole 14 - the tragic tale of one parish's Titanic victims

Mayo's Addergoole 14 - the tragic tale of one parish's Titanic victims

50 facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising

50 facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising

Irish man Eugene Daly's eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic

Irish man Eugene Daly's eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic

Fascinated by the 1916 Easter Rising? Check out these Dublin rebel museums

Fascinated by the 1916 Easter Rising? Check out these Dublin rebel museums

Faces of the Titanic: Ellen Toomey, the third class domestic servant who survived

Faces of the Titanic: Ellen Toomey, the third class domestic servant who survived

Genealogy

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

Irish Mother's Day: Ten things you’ll hear an Irish mammy say

Irish Mother's Day: Ten things you’ll hear an Irish mammy say