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.
"May the road rise up to meet you" - the story behind the traditional Irish blessing
Irish woman’s poem of emigration will stir your heart
Making the dead welcome - All Souls’ Day in Ireland
Behind the Name: Béibhinn, the rare Irish name that’s set to soar
On This Day: “Pygmalion” playwright, George Bernard Shaw, died in 1950
On This Day: Kevin Barry was executed in Dublin in 1920
You know you were brought up by Irish parents if…
Remember the blessed on All Saints’ Day in prayer
Celtic blessings to mark the ancient festival of Samhain
Happy Halloween! The Irish origins of today's traditions
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
Guy Fawkes was killed trying to restore a Catholic to British throne
On This Day: Richard Nixon elected president of the United States in 1968
National Love Your Red Hair Day: Maureen O'Hara and the most famous redheads in history
As important as Newgrange or Tara - an ancient Irish site you’ve never heard of
"Bad Bridget" film adaptation in the works from "Kneecap" director
Genealogy
