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 once popular baby name on the edge of extinction in Ireland
On This Day: “Quiet Man” director John Ford passed away in 1973
LISTEN: The greatest songs of The Troubles in Northern Ireland
On This Day: One-fifth of Ireland attends Michael Collins's funeral in Dublin
Tips for your first conversation as Gaeilge: Our favorite Irish phrases
Irish author remembered today on "The Duchess Who Wasn't" Day
The rare Irish baby name given to just five boys in 2024 meaning "sea"
This Old Irish name popped up for the first time ever on charts in Ireland last year
On This Day: Michael Collins killed in an ambush in Co Cork
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
WATCH: An Oscar-nominated look at the history of Dublin's Abbey Theatre
On This Day: Arthur Griffith, who helped launch Sinn Féin and shape modern Ireland, was born in 1872
Mystery of Irish World War II hero finally solved after six decades
Genealogy
