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.
The most popular boy and girl names in Ireland 1978
On This Day: IRA and British called a truce in the War of Independence in 1921
What are the top 100 Irish last names?
America 250: Ireland’s story in the American story
The Irish railroad workers who made Erin, Tennessee home
Meet Averil Deverell, the first Irish woman barrister called to the Bar
Over half a million Irish historical records are now free to explore online
JFK's "hopeless" romance with an Irish American starlet
Guinness s'more pie recipe
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Irish starlet Maureen O'Hara died in the US in 2015
- 2 WATCH: A love story comes to a heartbreaking end in the 1916 Easter Rising
- 3 Five teens killed in wrong-way motorway crash that left Carlow family fighting for their lives
- 4 A County Longford carpenter's Florida island, built as a Celtic cross, is on the market for $12 million
- 5 In 1912, my Irish grandmother was booked to sail aboard The Titanic
- 6 A history of mashed potatoes… and it's not Irish
- 7 WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
- 8 Happy Birthday, Maureen O'Hara! A look at the Irish actress's best films
- 9 Sarah Jessica Parker steals the show in Irish design while supporting Matthew Broderick in Dublin
History
WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
In 1912, my Irish grandmother was booked to sail aboard The Titanic
WATCH: A love story comes to a heartbreaking end in the 1916 Easter Rising
How Maureen O'Hara became Hollywood royalty
A history of mashed potatoes… and it's not Irish
Genealogy
