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.
Calls for a US stamp to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising
Two Holocaust survivors discover they were on the same train to Bergen-Belsen
A guide to Tullaghogue Fort – ancient site of the O’Neill clan
Who were the Irish Wild Geese?
Replica famine ship cost Irish taxpayers $16 million
“Forgotten Soldier” of 1916 Rising could be exhumed for full honors
Notre Dame's $3 million dollar PBS series on Easter 1916 revealed
Major American events for 1916 centenary announced by Irish government
Irish government buys historic Moore Street site of 1916 Rising surrender
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
Real stories of the women buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin
Why real Irish American history is not taught in schools
Cork wealthy dined on “turtle soup and champagne” during Ireland’s Great Hunger
From the Famine to Five Points - history of Irish pubs in the USA
The deadly Irish American serial killer nurse Jolly Jane
Genealogy
