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.
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
The 1916 Easter Rising - How Irish America and Ireland saw it very differently
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Michael Collins "a nasty piece of work," according to one relative of a 1916 leader
Irish who lost their lives on the Titanic remembered
Memories from an Irish pub on Good Friday - lock ins, the police, annual maintenance
April Fools! Some of the best pranks in Irish history
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
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
