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.
On This Day: Daniel O'Connell made his first speech opposing Union with England
WATCH: Conan O’Brien explores his family's "auld sod" in Co Limerick
The power and influence of Ireland's fairy trees remain
On This Day: The fatal "Night Of The Big Wind" took place across Ireland in 1839
A comforting Irish potato and cheese soup recipe
The most popular Irish baby names on Irish passport applications in 2023
Winter memories of Co Tyrone in the 1960s
How many places named Belfast are there in the US?
Inis Meáin's past and present captured in new TG4 documentary
Most read
- 1 WATCH: These epic Irish dancing fails are absolutely hilarious
- 2 The "P.S. I Love You" filming locations you can visit in Ireland
- 3 Gardaí believe Glen Hansard lost control of bike before fatal crash
- 4 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 5 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
- 6 This very Irish habit is apparently the secret to a longer life
- 7 WATCH: Epic Irish singsong of "The Rattlin Bog" atop Mt Kilimanjaro
- 8 This strawberry Battenberg loaf gives a classic bake an Irish summer twist
- 9 A nine-month journey for the Irish soul you haven't quite met yet
History
On This Day: Thomas Francis Meagher, the greatest Irishman in American history, was born
On This Day: Easter Rising rebel Sir Roger Casement was executed in Britain
First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
WATCH: Poignant short Irish film shows the reality of living in rural Ireland in 1974
WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
Genealogy
