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.

International 1916 Rising Centenary events announced

International 1916 Rising Centenary events announced

Walking through 1,000 years of Dublin's history

Walking through 1,000 years of Dublin's history

Grave of Ireland’s most famous WWI soldier may contain other remains

Grave of Ireland’s most famous WWI soldier may contain other remains

O’Donovan Rossa’s battle of wills revealed in crime records

O’Donovan Rossa’s battle of wills revealed in crime records

How the Irish helped to win the American Revolution

How the Irish helped to win the American Revolution

Oldest ever Irish person bids farewell after 113 years 140 days (PHOTOS)

Oldest ever Irish person bids farewell after 113 years 140 days (PHOTOS)

Catholic parish registers in Ireland from 1740s on published online today

Catholic parish registers in Ireland from 1740s on published online today

Celebration of Irish who built the world’s major cities comes to New York and Chicago (VIDEO)

Celebration of Irish who built the world’s major cities comes to New York and Chicago (VIDEO)

Did you have family who boarded the Titanic from Cobh? Tell their story

Did you have family who boarded the Titanic from Cobh? Tell their story

A century of Irish history goes online in posters, pamphlets and diaries (PHOTOS)

A century of Irish history goes online in posters, pamphlets and diaries (PHOTOS)

History

Titanic in numbers: Facts and figures of the Belfast-built RMS Titanic

Titanic in numbers: Facts and figures of the Belfast-built RMS Titanic

Public asked to document Dublin’s old street signs

Public asked to document Dublin’s old street signs

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

How to have an Irish Mother's Day

How to have an Irish Mother's Day

It's vital Irish America remembers the Irish Famine

It's vital Irish America remembers the Irish Famine

Genealogy

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

Billy the Kid's Irish mother, a Great Hunger survivor

DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame

DNA test led a Chicago woman to find family ties to Mrs. O’Leary of the Great Fire fame

“Walking in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors

“Walking in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors

Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?

Why do Irish Americans still identify as Irish?

Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later

Dubliner adopted to New York at birth reunites with Irish family 63 years later