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.
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
Who is your Irish patron saint?
Incredible true story of an Olympic athlete turned cop, turned kingpin criminal mastermind
An Irish blessing for love and laughter
Most read
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- 2 WATCH: These epic Irish dancing fails are absolutely hilarious
- 3 The top Irish filming locations from "The Banshees of Inisherin"
- 4 Police learn where Glen Hansard spent final hours between Wren’s Nest and fatal crash
- 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
