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.
How to trace your Irish roots and build your family tree
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish man who was hidden on a lifeboat as the Titanic sank
19-year-old Cork man sent message in a bottle from the Titanic
After the Titanic sank, the ship’s owner hid away in Co Galway
On This Day: Irish humorist Flann O’Brien passed away in 1966
Celebrating an Irish Easter: traditions, blessings and recipes
On This Day: Arthur Griffith became President of Ireland's parliament
Ten Easter bunny jokes for the wee ones
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
An Irish saint's eerie prophecy that Pope Francis will be the last Pontiff
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
Genealogy
