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 Irish who lived and died on the Titanic
The London Jew gave his life for Ireland during Easter 1916
The once wildly popular name in Ireland verging on extinction in 2026
What did the Titanic passengers eat?
Five surprising facts about some of the 1916 Easter Rising leaders
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World Health Day: Ancient Irish health tips, remedies, and cures
How the 1916 Easter Rising gave way to Ireland's War of Independence
On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
Most read
- 1 Returning home, rediscovering Ireland: Why some journeys mean more
- 2 WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
- 3 'Blessed to have known her' Film world remembers Brenda Fricker
- 4 Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford
- 5 On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
- 6 On This Day: "Angela's Ashes" author Frank McCourt died in 2009
- 7 The myths and legends of the Giant’s Causeway
- 8 Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you
- 9 WATCH: Incredible drone footage brings you inside ancient Blarney Castle
History
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Castles, passage tombs, Viking cities – in Ireland, ancient history is all around you
The myths and legends of the Giant’s Causeway
Genealogy
