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.
How the Irish were woken every morning before alarm clocks
How did Saint Patrick die?
Inspiring quotes from Irish heroes for International Women's Day
WATCH: Fall in love with vintage yet vibrant Derry in this 1968 travelogue
The National Famine Way Roadshow crossing the country in March
Was your family shanty or lace curtain Irish? It’s important
Woman urges people to stop using well-known Irish name with unfortunate meaning
Irish woman’s poem of emigration will stir your heart
Ancient Celtic symbols and their meanings
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- 2 WATCH: These epic Irish dancing fails are absolutely hilarious
- 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
