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.
There’s a petition to honor the 1916 centenary with a Google Doodle
Urgent appeal to the Irish in the US to check their attics for 1916 memorabilia
When the Klan and Irish Catholics clashed at the 1924 brokered Democratic convention
Finding your family in Irish Parish Records
Story of Margaret Kehoe, brave Irish nurse who died during the Rising (VIDEO)
Irish flag raised on site of first St. Patrick's Day parade 255 years on (VIDEO)
For Proclamation Day, Irish schoolchildren wrote their visions for Ireland today
Quinnipiac and Irish Hunger Museum to host 1916 Rising events
Irish government launches free 1916 Easter Rising e-book
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