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.
Rare Irish girl’s name given to only 6 babies last year would suit a Leo perfectly
Some of the most popular Irish surnames in the US, explained
The most popular Irish boys’ name 50 years ago is a name we forgot was Irish
When the Blasket Islanders were evacuated to mainland in 1953
On This Day: Thomas Francis Meagher, the greatest Irishman in American history, was born
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
Cork-born Mother Jones, the "most dangerous woman in America," inspired James Connolly
The unbreakable rules of growing up in an Irish household
Most read
- 1 On This Day: Irish starlet Maureen O'Hara died in the US in 2015
- 2 WATCH: A love story comes to a heartbreaking end in the 1916 Easter Rising
- 3 Stepping into history on the island of Inisheer
- 4 The amazing tale of Ireland's strongest man, Michael "Butty" Sugrue
- 5 Liam Neeson's best movies, ranked by the critics
- 6 On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
- 7 WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
- 8 Healthy Irish oat bread recipe from Roz Purcell
- 9 A guide to Tullaghogue Fort – ancient site of the O’Neill clan
History
The amazing tale of Ireland's strongest man, Michael "Butty" Sugrue
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
A guide to Tullaghogue Fort – ancient site of the O’Neill clan
WATCH: A visually stunning Irish travelogue from more than 60 years ago
In 1912, my Irish grandmother was booked to sail aboard The Titanic
Genealogy
