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.
Behind the name: Claire, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
What's your Irish County? County Sligo
What's your Irish County? County Roscommon
Famine era letters to the US document the horrors of Ireland's Great Hunger
What's your Irish County? County Monaghan
"That is hard to hear" - Aisling Bea feeling "a little bit shameful" after learning family history
How to plan a traditional Irish wedding (with a modern twist)
Horrific tale of a Mayo village's death during the Great Famine
What's your Irish County? County Mayo
Most read
- 1 Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend
- 2 How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
- 3 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
- 4 11 wedding ceremony readings by famous Irish writers
- 5 Planning a picnic! How’s about you make it Irish with these delicious recipes
- 6 How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
- 7 James Joyce quotes on love and life in honor of Bloomsday
- 8 Following in James Joyce's footsteps in Northern Italy
- 9 Sea-salt caramel squares recipe
