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.
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Walsh Clan
Mum gave son name that celebrates his "Irish heritage" but can’t pronounce it
The Irish American woman who became America's first supermodel
On This Day: Prohibition takes effect in the US in 1919
What does the apostrophe in Irish names mean?
WATCH: Vintage footage of First Holy Communion in 1930s Ireland
Top sites in Ireland where history comes alive
Na ‘banshees’, rógairí agus roinnt scéalta aisteacha ón am atá thart ar fáil sna leabhair seo
Beautiful Irish language terms of endearment for your sweetheart
Most read
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- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
Where is the oldest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the world?
The Irishman who designed the Academy’s statuette and won 11 Oscars
Facts about St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
The history of Derry emigration to the US and Canada
St. Patrick’s Battalion: What caused them to turn on the U.S. and fight for Mexico?
Genealogy
