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.
You know you were brought up by Irish parents if…
20 Irish baby names to avoid if you don’t like popular or trendy names
National Soup Month: Irish colcannon and thyme soup recipe
Behind the name: Síofra, the top rising Irish name for baby girls
Top ten must-see Dublin city tourist highlights
Ancient Irish health tips, remedies, and cures
Nollaig na mBan – Women’s Christmas is celebrated in Ireland today!
What are Ireland's Bank Holidays in 2025?
On This Day: Colonel James Fitzmaurice, one of Ireland's greatest aviators, was born
On This Day: Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, died in 1922
Most read
- 1 Oh baby! Ireland's national treasure Sudocrem has launched in America
- 2 On This Day: Irish American Bruce Springsteen was "born in the USA"
- 3 Two Irish favorites combine in this delicious apple and Jameson tart recipe
- 4 The top five places to visit in County Tipperary
- 5 On This Day: Celebrated Irish artist Robert Ballagh was born in 1943
- 6 Tracing your Irish ancestry - The Brennan Clan
- 7 On This Day: "Typhoid" Mary Mallon was born in Co Tyrone
- 8 Fall into autumn with this Bramley apple strudel recipe from Bord Bia
- 9 All about the Irish surname O'Hara
History
The Southern Cross Irish newspaper, in Buenos Aires, celebrates 150 years
Traditional Irish wakes called for drinks, pranks, games, and songs
On This Day: The Third Home Rule Bill passed the House of Commons in 1913
Irish emigrants tale told through Tenement museum of New York
The Capuchin Priests in the Irish Rebellion
Genealogy
