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 secret, tragic fate of Oscar Wilde’s half-sisters
On This Day: World War I air ace Edward “Mick” Mannock was killed in action in 1918
"No Irish Need Apply" - the signs and ads that vilified our Irish ancestors
Ireland takes fairies more seriously than you might think
Ulysses S. Grant, the first US president to ever visit Ireland, died on this day in 1885
The ten worst times to have lived in Ireland
On this day: Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan "accidentally" flies to Dublin instead of California
Where Does the Expression the Luck of the Irish Come From?
On This Day: IRA and British called a truce in the War of Independence in 1921
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
PHOTOS: Farm life images from a “Big House” estate in Ireland in 1900
On This Day: William Pearse, Easter Rising rebel, was born in 1881
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
Genealogy
