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.
On this day: Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816
Inspiring and funny quotes on what it means to be Irish
Powerful poem on what it means to be an Irish American in Ireland
The daughter of Irish immigrants who survived the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic disasters
On This Day: Ireland's last legal execution is conducted in 1954
WATCH: Meet Ireland’s last cycling postman in this 1975 interview
County Mayo Titanic survivor Delia McDermott
Was the coward of the Titanic really a hero? The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" says yes
Ireland of the Welcomes at 70: What happened in Ireland in 1952?
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
WATCH: A look back at Dublin City in the 1990s
How a storm brought salvation to a Co Kerry community during the Great Famine
On This Day: Five brave Sullivan brothers killed on same day during WWII
The Irishman who built New York's first subway
The history behind some of Ireland's most famous symbols
Genealogy
