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.
WATCH: Snapshots of Irish history from British Pathé
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
A slice of old Ireland - Mary Blake of Ennistymon
20 uncommon Irish baby names for parents who want something unique
WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Irish-American Athletic Club
Daniel O’Connell Commemorative Programme announced
Do you know who’s in your family’s Glasnevin Cemetery plot? I didn’t
Did you know that Stephen Colbert has 94% Irish roots?
From Cork to Chicago: Help keep the Irish Diaspora connected
Most read
- 1 What do "Erin go Bragh" and other Irish phrases mean?
- 2 Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
- 3 Taoiseach has his say on Israel boycott – says Ireland doesn’t need to be ‘self-defeating’
- 4 Top ten most interesting facts about County Waterford
- 5 Ireland's unique and amazing animals
- 6 On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
- 7 WATCH: Incredible drone footage brings you inside ancient Blarney Castle
History
Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll: The Irish immigrant turned NYC gangster
Global Valour: The Irish in World War II
On This Day: 40 Irish Famine ships anchored at Grosse Île quarantine station in 1847
On This Day: John F Kennedy, the first Irish American Catholic US President, was born in 1917
Remember our fighting Irish American warriors this Memorial Day
Genealogy