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.
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The baby names that have been in Ireland’s top 100 for the past 50 years
WATCH: 1960s short film follows adventures of group of boys in Ireland
3,000-year-old baby skeleton discovered at the Irish birthplace of Halloween
The Irish American clock maker who invented the tattoo machine
How the Irish invented the phrase “so long”
Clocks go back in Ireland - but what about the Irish cows?
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The rarest Irish girl names in Ireland right now
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History
WATCH: Here’s what the fall fashion was like in 1962 Dublin
What is Ogham? A look at the ancient Irish alphabet
The "Bad Bridgets" - forgotten Famine era single pregnant women who fled to America
4,000-year-old gold necklace recovered from dumpster
The men onboard the Titanic who gave up their lives to save women and children
Genealogy