
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.

Do you know who invented St. Patrick's Day? Not many people do
Was St. Patrick a slave trader and tax collector?
Here’s how many people in the US claim Irish ancestry - are you one of them?
My mother’s emigrant heart: A story of immigration
This St. Patrick’s Day, take an online course in Irish sean-nós singing
Share your story! What does St. Patrick's Day mean to you?
GIVEAWAY: Win a bespoke Celtic hamper from Moon Mná
Irish people should follow St. Brigid, not just St. Patrick
Irish maids in New York were subject to a racist slur in the 19th century
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

WATCH: Irish history expert Davy Holden on the Irish-American Athletic Club
A slice of old Ireland - Mary Blake of Ennistymon
On This Day: IRA bombs in London kill 11 people, seven horses in 1982
WATCH: Snapshots of Irish history from British Pathé
WATCH: Two famous golfers hit Ireland's greens in gorgeous 1970s travelogue
Genealogy
