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.
On This Day: John F. Kennedy declared winner of 1960 US Presidential Election
The most popular boy and girl names in Ireland 1978
Why are all Irish men's beards red?
Why did an Earl’s sister dedicate herself to fighting for Irish freedom?
Irish baby names inspired by some seriously talented folks from Ireland
Bring some comfort from Ireland into your home this fall with our Irish gift box
Was "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" Audrey Hepburn character inspired by an Irish woman?
On This Day: “Pygmalion” playwright, George Bernard Shaw, died in 1950
Making the dead welcome - All Souls’ Day in Ireland
Most read
- 1 It's here! A very merry and bright IrishCentral Christmas Gift Guide
- 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
Inspiring Mary Robinson quotes on the anniversary of her inauguration as President of Ireland
Irish giant folklore might be explained by genetic study
50 tragic portraits of Irish Famine victims in the poorhouses of New York
Tales of ancient Irish heroes more accessible in online database
WATCH: Meet Ireland’s last cycling postman in this 1975 interview
Genealogy
