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 truth behind Ireland’s healers - the seventh sons of seventh sons
A guide to the smartest and strangest Irish proverbs
Find your family history online - Ireland's 1926 Census is being digitized
Irish blessings and sayings for friendship
Random and weird facts about Ireland
The meanings behind ancient Celtic Irish symbols
Rare Irish baby names that deserve their time in the spotlight
Columbus was a mass killer and the father of the slave trade
Did St. Brendan arrive in America before Christopher Columbus?
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 Gardaí believe Glen Hansard lost control of bike before fatal crash
- 5 Police learn where Glen Hansard spent final hours between Wren’s Nest and fatal crash
- 6 First transatlantic flight ended with a crash-landing in a Galway bog
- 7 WATCH: Archive footage of a conversation with an Irish gravedigger from 1971
- 8 This very Irish habit is apparently the secret to a longer life
- 9 Irish politicians trying to ensure Trump stays away from parliament – and a Connolly clash
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
