
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.

Michael Sheen's Irish roots revealed
The Cork man who 'named' the "United States of America"
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Kelly clan
Irish prayers and blessings for your friends and family
Irish and Celtic names listed among “beautiful rare girl names”
IrishCentral readers’ favorite Irish names for boys
Hollywood star Olivia Wilde’s Irish roots
What were the most popular names for baby boys in Ireland in 1911?
Reagan: Irish High Kings to US Presidents, the lordly name and its origins
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History

The sad decline of traditional Gaeltacht practices
On This Day: Edward Flanagan, the Irish founder of Boys Town, was born
WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Fenian Brotherhood in NYC
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
Battle of the Boyne: Catholic troops were "dead drunk," firsthand account reveals
Genealogy
