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.
Did Michael Collins order British general killing after Treaty?
Ancient logboat discovered on the banks of the River Boyne “very rare”
Archaeologist uncovers 300-year-old high heels, tea and jewels in Irish castle
Petty court records offer snapshot of life in 1800s rural Irish communities
Secrets of 5,200-year-old Irish woman, 4,000-year-old men revealed in genome project
The light skin of the Irish can be traced to India and the Middle East
Boys Town founder Fr. Flanagan warned Irish Church about abuse
Historians find possible mass grave of Spanish Armada victims in Co. Clare
The tale of the Swede and the Finn who fought at the GPO in the 1916 Rising
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: 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
De Valera’s Wilderness Years: A story of betrayal and rebirth coming to TG4
Genealogy
