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.
Behind the name: Róisín, the perfect choice for your "little rose"
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
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 Stepping into history on the island of Inisheer
- 4 The amazing tale of Ireland's strongest man, Michael "Butty" Sugrue
- 5 Liam Neeson's best movies, ranked by the critics
- 6 On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
- 7 WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
- 8 Healthy Irish oat bread recipe from Roz Purcell
- 9 A guide to Tullaghogue Fort – ancient site of the O’Neill clan
History
The amazing tale of Ireland's strongest man, Michael "Butty" Sugrue
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
A guide to Tullaghogue Fort – ancient site of the O’Neill clan
WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
In 1912, my Irish grandmother was booked to sail aboard The Titanic
Genealogy
