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.
Traditional Irish wakes called for drinks, pranks, games, and songs
The traditional role of pubs in Irish funerals
Possibilities, opportunities and hope – Irish rainbow blessings
WATCH: US travel documentary from 1934 gives glimpse of Ireland
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
On This Day: Marking the anniversary of transatlantic pilot James Fitzmaurice’s death
The rare Irish name given to nine baby girls last year
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Ernest Ball, composer of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was born
- 2 Man arrested after woman seriously assaulted in Co Waterford church
- 3 “We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s speech on anniversary of the moon landing
- 4 Brits can’t get enough of Hurling on BBC as Limerick seal All-Ireland final
- 5 Taoiseach congratulates new British Prime Minister
- 6 Northern Ireland Secretary of State: Benn out, Bryant in in Burnham's Cabinet reshuffle
- 7 "Tracing Forward" - New geneaology resource to find living Irish relatives
- 8 Paul Mescal gets sweet shout-out on Gracie Abrams' new album
- 9 Ireland to invest €4 million for Women in Sport
History
“We choose to go to the moon” - Recalling JFK’s famous speech on anniversary of the moon landing
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
On This Day: Muhammad Ali fights Al "Blue" Lewis at Dublin's Croke Park
Eliza O'Conor Sloane: Uncovering hidden women's history
The Irish Americans who built Special Education in America
Genealogy
