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.
Who is Rose Kennedy Schlossberg?
This beloved Irish name was given to less than three baby girls last year
Behind the name: Claire, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
On This Day: Dublin's Bloody Sunday of 1920
From Connecticut to Cael Uisce - American man finds his Fermanagh family
JFK's strong Irish roots in Limerick, Fermanagh, Cork, and Clare
10 previously very common Irish baby names that are going extinct
Plant a tree in Ireland for Thanksgiving and give thanks to your heritage
Mysteries of deserted pre-Famine village on Achill Island revealed
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 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 7 Irish politicians trying to ensure Trump stays away from parliament – and a Connolly clash
- 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
