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.
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Ryan clan
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The O'Connor Clan
What did the Vikings do for the Irish?
My top 10 tips for beginning your Irish genealogy search
Nollaig na mBan – Women’s Christmas is celebrated in Ireland today!
The story behind Ireland's flag
Ireland's surnames and their origins explained in online dictionary
The magic of Walt Disney’s deep Irish roots
On This Day: Nellie Cashman, aka the "Angel of the Yukon", died in 1925
Most read
- 1 What you should know about Bronwyn Fitzsimons, Maureen O’Hara’s daughter
- 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 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 8 The ginormous legacy – and modest fortune – Glen Hansard leaves behind
- 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
