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.
Understanding how Irish surnames were created
Today marks halfway to St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s how to celebrate
Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Quinn Clan
On This Day: The Irish Brigade suffered 60% casualties at the Battle of Antietam
How the Irish helped build Canada
Cork woman living in New Zealand 50 years says farewell to son as he emigrates to Ireland
All about the Irish surname Connolly
Letters sent home to Ireland from World War I
These Irish surnames are hugely popular as first names in the US
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 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
