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.
10 rare Irish baby girl names to have on your radar in 2025
Remarkable footage of the Cliffs of Moher in 1957
On This Day: “Pygmalion” playwright, George Bernard Shaw, was born in 1856
1916 Easter Rising museum on Moore Street in Dublin moves forward
WATCH: Incredible remastered footage of Michael Collins in color
How the illegitimate son of a Sligo man became the father of Chilean independence
WATCH: A rare look at Belfast in the 1920s
WATCH: Snapshots of Irish history from British Pathé
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
A slice of old Ireland - Mary Blake of Ennistymon
Most read
- 1 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 2 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 3 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 4 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 5 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 6 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 7 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 8 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
- 9 Cork suspected cocaine seizure is Ireland's biggest drug bust of the year
History
LISTEN: "Irish Stew Podcast's" thought-provoking discussion with historian Dr. Damian Shiels
WATCH: Pathé brings color to Irish revolution footage
What happened to the Irish girl in this 1927 National Geographic photo?
Fundraiser launched for bust of first Irish soldier to receive Military Medal for Gallantry
Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre to host a series of historic tours
Genealogy
