
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.

Irish woman’s poem of emigration will stir your heart
Random and weird facts about Ireland
The meanings behind ancient Celtic Irish symbols
These terrifying Halloween figures all have Irish origins
WATCH: All the Irish words you need to know for Halloween
Who is your Irish patron saint?
Ireland's native Hazel Tree, rooted in history and mythology
Rare Irish baby names that deserve their time in the spotlight
Columbus was a mass killer and the father of the slave trade
Most read
- 1 LAST CHANCE to WIN a trip to Ireland! Don't miss your chance to share your love letter
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History

Irish-led study finds physical evidence of gladiators battling lions from the Roman era
WATCH: What's a (1970s) house party without a take-home pack of Guinness?
How a white lie saved one Irish woman's life aboard the Titanic
Fascinating pensions records pre-Easter Rising and beyond reveals a wealth of Irish history
On This Day: Oscar Wilde's trial for "gross indecency" begins in London
Genealogy
