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 top Irish inventions that changed the world
WATCH: The Irish punks, skinheads and skaboys of Dublin, 1980
The sad racist history behind the song “No Irish Need Apply”
On this day: The Empress of Ireland, 'Canada's Titanic,' sinks in 1914
What's your Irish county? County Waterford
Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor
GIVEAWAY: Last chance to win a VIP trip for two to this year's Milwaukee Irish Fest!
Happy birthday Cillian Murphy! We're giving him a tree planted in Ireland as a gift
Infamous outlaw Billy the Kid spoke Irish, one historian claims
Most read
- 1 Save big on your dream vacation to Ireland: CIE Tours reveals Black Friday deals
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
On This Day: Ellis Island, American gateway to 3.5 million Irish immigrants, closed in 1954
Who was Arabella Kennedy?
Ancient monument found beneath the Hill of Tara provided more insight into Ireland's prehistoric past
On This Day: Outlaw Ned Kelly executed in Australia in 1880
This is why the Irish no longer mark Remembrance Day
Genealogy
