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.
The most popular Irish baby names in America
The Doyle clan - its meaning, Irish derivation and the places in Ireland it can be found
Ireland reclaims Halloween with launch of haunting Púca Festival
On This Day: John Barry, the Irish "Father of the American Navy," was born in 1745
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brady clan
Famous people past and present with Irish grandfathers
The history, facts and meaning behind the Irish name Butler
Remembering a Sligo man killed in the World Trade Center
Royal roots unearthed: Queen Elizabeth’s lineage traces back to Brian Boru
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
- 2 New York Irish community mourns the passing of activist Kathleen Walsh D'Arcy
- 3 Irish American org AOH re-elects National President, adopts advocacy agenda
- 4 "My door will be open to all" - Northern Ireland's new SoS begins "daunting" job
- 5 Binsí Comhrá: 'Irish conversation benches' launching at OPW locations
- 6 Why I absolutey need a Memory Boom: Preserving memories matters!
- 7 Tuam excavation: Remains of more than 20 coffined infants recovered
- 8 Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man charged after serious assault in Co Waterford church
- 9 Derry designer announces major Dior fashion show in Dublin
History
On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
Genealogy
