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: 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
WATCH: 1970 footage of a seanchaí telling the tale of his missing wife in Co Clare
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
