
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.

Three million people in the world are descended from one Irish High King
Rare Irish girl's name with a very cool meaning is bound to be "the new Maeve"
Could this be the oldest known video of Ireland?
"You will certainly return for more" - John Hinde on photography in Ireland
Old hand-colored photos of Ireland’s heritage sites give glimpse into past
Amazing photos from early Kennedy family trips to Ireland
WATCH: A breathtaking look at Aran Island inhabitants nearly 100 years ago
Do you have Viking roots? Check out these Irish surnames with strong links
When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
Most read
- 1 How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
- 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

How The Ancient Order of Hibernians gives back to our communities
40 children died in the Easter Rising, some with the taste of chocolate in their mouths
Belfast's Titanic shipyard built more than just ships
WATCH: 1916 Easter Rising footage featured in British Pathé online archives
Gunrunners and frontline fighters: The women of the 1916 Rising
Genealogy
