
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.

The Easter Rising and a day at the races for my Irish grandfather
Early Irish hunter-gatherers were dark skinned with blue eyes, says expert
The Black Irish - what are the truths and what are the myths?
Ten little known facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
The Tuatha De Danann: Were they Irish gods or aliens?
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel leader Padraig Pearse was executed
1916 Easter Rising made the front page of the New York Times 14 days in a row
Irish icons Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy died penniless
Irish smoked salmon over potato boxty pancakes recipe
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 2 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 3 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 4 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 5 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 6 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 7 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 8 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
- 9 President Michael D. Higgins accuses Israel of leaking his Iran letter
History

On This Day: Irish American hero Thomas Francis Meagher died in 1867
WIN a private walking tour of Dublin's Georgian architecture with lunch at the Merrion Hotel
WATCH: Incredible US footage of 1920s Ireland colorized
WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
WATCH: Ireland's "supertrain" was the "smooth, swift, and safe" way to travel in 1973
Genealogy
