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.
When an ancient ‘drowned forest’ was uncovered off Galway during a storm
Secret love letters to Jackie Kennedy from British ambassador found
How much do you know about the Irish famine? Take the ultimate quiz
British Jewish leaders searched for the Ark of the Covenant at Tara
Secrets behind the Irish name - Patricks versus Paddys
50 years ago an Irish Aussie was the last man Australia ever executed
Ireland and the Paris Peace Conference: How Sinn Féin Waged a Diplomatic War
Irish Claddagh rings, their symbolism and story
Top Irish history books to delve into
Most read
- 1 "Irish? Catholic? Join Here": Finding community with The Ancient Order of Hibernians
- 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: Arthur Guinness, founder of the Dublin brewery, died in 1803
On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Remembering Lily Kempson, the longest surviving rebel from the 1916 Easter Rising
AIHS marks 180th anniversary of Ireland's Great Hunger with lecture series
Albert F. Coyle: The forgotten Irish American hero of the Holocaust
Genealogy
