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.
This beloved Irish name was given to less than three baby girls last year
Behind the name: Claire, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
On This Day: Dublin's Bloody Sunday of 1920
From Connecticut to Cael Uisce - American man finds his Fermanagh family
JFK's strong Irish roots in Limerick, Fermanagh, Cork, and Clare
10 previously very common Irish baby names that are going extinct
Plant a tree in Ireland for Thanksgiving and give thanks to your heritage
Mysteries of deserted pre-Famine village on Achill Island revealed
A reunion at an 18th-century family homestead in Leitrim
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 Study Gaelic Literature and Culture online with University College Cork
- 3 How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
- 4 The Irish landscape that inspired Johnny Cash's "Forty Shades of Green"
- 5 Who was W. B. Yeats and why he still matters
- 6 Ireland's best countryside retreats revealed
- 7 Police deploy water canons as riots continue overnight in Belfast
- 8 Planning a picnic! How’s about you make it Irish with these delicious recipes
- 9 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
