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.
Before Anna Wintour, the fashion industry was ruled by a Dublin woman
On This Day: Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin was blown up in 1966
St. Patrick was never canonized a saint by the Catholic Church
International Women's Day - The inspiring lives of some of Ireland's fiercest females
How my Cork grandmother cheated death during the sinking of the Lusitania
Irish blessings, proverbs, and toasts to share on St. Patrick's Day
Irish genealogy experts' tips for searching 19th-century Irish Census returns
The real reason why there aren't any snakes in Ireland
What is the real meaning of Saint Patrick’s Day?
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- 3 Police learn where Glen Hansard spent final hours between Wren’s Nest and fatal crash
- 4 The top Irish filming locations from "The Banshees of Inisherin"
- 5 Ireland's most popular counties and their top attractions
- 6 Irish politicians trying to ensure Trump stays away from parliament – and a Connolly clash
- 7 The ginormous legacy – and modest fortune – Glen Hansard leaves behind
- 8 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 9 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
History
When the Blasket Islanders were evacuated to mainland in 1953
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
Genealogy
