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.
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
Where does the name Ireland come from?
The rare Irish baby boy name on the rise in Ireland
Sullivan and O'Sullivan clan reunion to break world record at 2026 event in Ireland
Irish New Year traditions that span the centuries
Memories of a Midnight Mass in Co Tyrone, 1968
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- 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
