
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.

WATCH: A rare look at Belfast in the 1920s
Workhouse records reveal rural Ireland’s harsh past
Irish American discovers immigrant great-grandfather in 1929 Seattle photograph
Behind the name: Olin oozes character and has a "lively" Viking twist
Irish history’s lesser-known figures explored in new podcast
Some of the most popular Irish surnames in the US, explained
The Irish-American man in charge of the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis
On This Day: Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean dies in 1938
Ireland's National Roll of Honour for World War One
Most read
- 1 Book launch of "Rockin’ the Bronx" by Larry Kirwan coming to New York Irish Center
- 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

Free and useful Irish genealogy websites to assist in your family history search
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
On This Day: Bram Stoker, the Irish author of "Dracula," dies in 1912
On This Day: Ireland's last legal execution is conducted in 1954
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy
