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.
Once popular boys' names in Ireland that are starting to disappear
My mother kept her secrets so her kids would not suffer
This unusual Irish boys’ name was hardly used last year and it’s so adorable
The rarest Irish girl names in Ireland right now
The Irish round tower built by immigrants in Massachusetts
10 beautiful Irish names to choose if you love the name Sophie
The symbolic meaning of the Celtic cross
Did a secret map take down 17th century pirates of Ireland’s coast?
History and fun facts about Irish Wolfhounds
Most read
- 1 WATCH: These epic Irish dancing fails are absolutely hilarious
- 2 The "P.S. I Love You" filming locations you can visit in Ireland
- 3 Police learn where Glen Hansard spent final hours between Wren’s Nest and fatal crash
- 4 Ireland's most popular counties and their top attractions
- 5 Gardaí believe Glen Hansard lost control of bike before fatal crash
- 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 This very Irish habit is apparently the secret to a longer life
History
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
WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
Genealogy
