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.
Ireland’s very own Valentine was a 17th-century healer
Best places in Ireland to spend Valentine’s Day
Meaning of the Irish blessing "May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow"
16 beautiful baby names of Irish origin and beyond that mean love
Love, loyalty and friendship: Everything to know about the Claddagh Ring
On This Day: Dublin Gothic writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu died in 1873
When Charles Dickens visited Ireland
The Irishman who composed Japan's national anthem
How I learned to love my hard-to-pronounce Irish name
Most read
- 1 What do "Erin go Bragh" and other Irish phrases mean?
- 2 On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
- 3 Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
- 4 Irish American parents pen open letter to Trump urging him to act on sepsis
- 5 Ireland match forced to stop as tennis balls thrown onto the pitch in protest against Israel game
- 6 Irish consumer spending drops significantly in the US
- 7 Thousands of Sullivans / O'Sullivans descending on West Cork for world record attempt
- 8 Taoiseach has his say on Israel boycott – says Ireland doesn’t need to be ‘self-defeating’
- 9 Galway City Museum receives €12 million investment for redevelopment
History
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Genealogy
