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.
WATCH: The most popular Guinness TV commercials over the years
WATCH: Dublin's nightclub scene and go-go dancing in 1970 Ireland
The sad decline of traditional Gaeltacht practices
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On This Day: Msgr. Edward Flanagan, the Irish founder of Boys Town, passed away
This rare floral Irish baby girl’s name is the perfect choice for summer arrivals
American Irish Historical Society announces first annual golf outing and Irish celebration!
Irish adventure awaits at the 2025 Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio
Oasis gives subtle nod to Irish roots on stage at first reunion show
Most read
- 1 Why Queen Victoria became known as the Famine Queen and never shook the name (76 characters)
- 2 What to do when you touch down in Ireland
- 3 Bronx man adopted from Dublin at birth finds his Irish family after 63 years
- 4 Arthur Guinness was a servant who turned £100 into the world's most famous stout
- 5 Leonard Cohen's haunting take on Kevin Barry still stops Irish listeners cold
- 6 The apostrophe in Irish names tells a story technology is erasing
- 7 Where are you from? Find out using these Irish surname maps
- 8 What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
- 9 The forgotten 1925 famine that Ireland's new government denied was happening
History
What does it mean to be Irish in America right now?
Nixon won the White House on this day in 1968 and later trashed the Irish on tape
WATCH: Rare 1940 film captures Dublin trams, Nelson’s Pillar and a packed Croke Park
JFK's Irish tweed hat from Éamon de Valera heads to auction
Mayo’s starving walked 15 miles for food and were told to wait until lunch was over
Genealogy
