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.
In 1897, NY Irish immigrants paid 10 cents to touch land from home
My Irish heritage and me: How young people can explore their Irish roots with the AOH
Here are the baby girl names that are trending in Ireland in 2025
The rise of Irish Paganism
On This Day: Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer, was born in 1874
Five Irish love stories that changed history
Beautiful Irish language terms of endearment for your sweetheart
This World Radio Day, celebrating inventor Guglielmo Marconi’s Irish connection
The most popular girl and boy baby names in Ireland in 1985
Most read
- 1 Share your "Love Letter to Ireland", win a trip for two to the Emerald Isle!
- 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
On This Day: Titanic sets sail from Southampton, docks in Cherbourg, France
Titanic footage uncovers gold shark’s tooth necklace that will never be recovered
WATCH: The Irish punks, skinheads and skaboys of Dublin, 1980
On This Day: Irish woman shoots Benito Mussolini in the face
On This Day: WWII's Belfast Blitz begins, bringing horrendous losses
Genealogy
