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.
On This Day: St. Brendan the Navigator, an early transatlantic voyager, died in 587
Daniel O’Connell: Quotes from 'The Catholic Emancipator'
Kevin Costner's Irish roots in County Kilkenny
On This Day: The Founder of Boys Town Father Flanagan passed away
Irish name is the most popular for boys in the US for seventh year in a row
What's your Irish County? County Kildare
On This Day: Winston Churchill accused De Valera of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese
On this day: Easter Rising leaders Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly executed
The Irish US Senator who served three states and (almost) fought a duel with Lincoln
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
Concern for the future of the Galway Hooker explored in new TG4 documentary
On This Day: Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816
50 facts about Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising
Free and useful Irish genealogy websites to assist in your family history search
Why Easter is such an important holiday to the Irish
Genealogy
