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 original rebels: Ireland’s infamous Whiteboys
The Irishman who burned down Washington and the White House
50 stunning Irish boy's names and their meanings
Support the stories that unite the global Irish family this New Year
An Irish immigration story - the mysterious disappearance of my great-aunt Cissie
50 beautiful Irish girls names and their meanings
Was "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" Audrey Hepburn character inspired by an Irish woman?
On New Year's Day 1892 Annie Moore was the first immigrant through Ellis Island
First through Ellis island - Annie Moore’s tough and tragic life
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
