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.
Is this Witch’s Yew Ireland’s most haunted tree?
On This Day: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, is born in 1903
Broadcaster and writer Manchán Magan remembered as ‘absolute gentleman’ and ‘dreamer’
Expert says this gender neutral Irish baby name will be popular in 2026
On This Day: Irish tenor Frank Patterson born in County Tipperary
Flann O’Brien’s sharp wit still shines on the 60th anniversary of his death
Irish boy’s name given to 4 babies in Ireland last year appears on top list for the first time
Ghost of young girl haunts Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, claim guests and staff
Halloween games from our childhoods to play with the kids this year
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 IrishCentral Book Club's ultimate Irish reading list
- 3 John Lennon was getting ready to retire to Co Mayo before his tragic death
- 4 Lord Haw Haw: Hitler's infamous Irishman hanged for treason
- 5 Celebrating the genius of James Joyce on Bloomsday
- 6 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
- 7 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 8 My Irish Cousin: The Irish car rental that really means all-inclusive
- 9 Following in James Joyce's footsteps in Northern Italy
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