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.
Behind the Irish name: Mairead, the once popular name on the verge of extinction
Traditional Irish wakes called for drinks, pranks, games, and songs
The traditional role of pubs in Irish funerals
Possibilities, opportunities and hope – Irish rainbow blessings
WATCH: US travel documentary from 1934 gives glimpse of Ireland
20 Irish baby names to avoid if you don’t like popular or trendy names
Behind the name: Síofra, the top rising Irish name for baby girls
Top ten must-see Dublin city tourist highlights
On This Day: Marking the anniversary of transatlantic pilot James Fitzmaurice’s death
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- 3 How WB Yeats' connection to Sligo stretches back through generations
- 4 The Irish landscape that inspired Johnny Cash's "Forty Shades of Green"
- 5 Who was W. B. Yeats and why he still matters
- 6 Ireland's best countryside retreats revealed
- 7 Planning a picnic! How’s about you make it Irish with these delicious recipes
- 8 Police deploy water canons as riots continue overnight in Belfast
- 9 Exploring James Joyce's addresses in his hometown of Dublin
