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.
20 Irish baby names to avoid if you don’t like popular or trendy names
Behind the name: Síofra, the top rising Irish name for baby girls
Top ten must-see Dublin city tourist highlights
Ancient Irish health tips, remedies, and cures
On This Day: Marking the anniversary of transatlantic pilot James Fitzmaurice’s death
The rare Irish name given to nine baby girls last year
The 15 best insults from early Irish
Top ten Irish New Year’s resolutions and why they’re never kept
Rare names in Ireland given to less than 3 baby girls last year
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
History
Are there human remains on board Titanic?
On This Day: Ireland's Easter Rising begins in 1916
Patrick Dooley died on the Titanic, he'd visited his dying father in Ireland
Plaque unveiled to mark birth place of Harry Clarke, Irish stained glass artist & illustrator
Titanic timeline: Tracing the famous ship's creation and demise
Genealogy