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.
On This Day: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, is born in 1903
Broadcaster and writer Manchán Magan remembered as ‘absolute gentleman’ and ‘dreamer’
Expert says this gender neutral Irish baby name will be popular in 2026
On This Day: Irish tenor Frank Patterson born in County Tipperary
Flann O’Brien’s sharp wit still shines on the 60th anniversary of his death
Irish boy’s name given to 4 babies in Ireland last year appears on top list for the first time
Ghost of young girl haunts Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, claim guests and staff
Halloween games from our childhoods to play with the kids this year
Taylor Swift's Irish roots traced by EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Most read
- 1 A real-life horror story of the Irish cannibal who terrorized Australia
- 2 How big is Ireland? The answer might surprise you!
- 3 Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
- 4 Ireland's most breathtaking natural wonders that deserve a spot on your travel list
- 5 How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
- 6 How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
- 7 Homemade blackberry jam and custard donuts bring back a taste of Irish summer
- 8 These Baileys Irish cream cheese swirl brownies are pure indulgence
- 9 Trump's whirlwind Ireland visit will mix diplomacy, protests and golf
History
How Daniel O'Connell became Ireland's Great Emancipator and won Catholic rights
Irish Genealogy website offers free access to decades of birth, marriage and death records
How US textbooks fail to teach the real story of the Irish Famine
How a Norman knight's bloodline became one of Ireland's most common surnames
The dark secrets behind the Kennedy family's Camelot image
Genealogy
