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.
An Clár/Clare: Cad as a dtagann an t-ainm sin?
On This Day: Cork-born venerable Mary Aikenhead born in 1787
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
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 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
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy
