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.
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Ireland's little-known Mermaid Saint
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The unique Irish boy name given to three babies in Ireland last year
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Recalling my emigrant journey to London from rural Ireland in 1960
Albert F. Coyle: The forgotten Irish American hero of the Holocaust
Brigit 2025: Dublin City celebrates woman this spring with over 80 events
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 Ireland's most popular counties and their top attractions
- 4 Police learn where Glen Hansard spent final hours between Wren’s Nest and fatal crash
- 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
