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.
Sláinte! Feasting with angels, Irish recipes for Michaelmas
On This Day: Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit Ireland
Do you have Viking roots? Check out these Irish surnames with strong links
On This Day: Irish brewing visionary Arthur Guinness dies in 1803
Who were the druids? The magical people of ancient Ireland
The Guinness family’s influence on Dublin extends far beyond pints of stout
These English words all have Irish roots
Seeing Ireland through my father's vintage Kodachrome images
Irish surnames as baby first names? Really!
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- 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 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
- 9 Elevated dining on the island of Ireland - The heart of Irish cuisine
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
