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.
Irish New Year traditions that span the centuries
The ancient Irish tradition of hunting the wren on St. Stephen’s Day
Nollaig Shona Dhuit! Irish Christmas blessings to share with friends and family
Memories of a Midnight Mass in Co Tyrone, 1968
Irish blessings and songs perfect for Christmas
The best stories from Irish mythology
On this day: Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett dies in 1989
Magic of Newgrange at winter solstice never fails to astound
The classic Irish name that’s growing in popularity in the UK
Most read
- 1 Come home to the West: Discover Ireland differently on Limerick Greenway
- 2 Irish comfort foods to whip up when you need a homestyle treat
- 3 Traditional Irish hearty vegetable soup recipe
- 4 Is there a proper way to drink a pint of Guinness? Or are the rules nonsense
- 5 Baileys Irish Cream and Irish whiskey cocktail recipe
- 6 WATCH: Amazing footage of Dublin’s Four Courts being rebuilt a century ago
- 7 When New York was Irish, in summers long ago
- 8 Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale wins Visit Cork 2024 Green Award
- 9 July 4th recipe for firecracker shrimp
History
On This Day: The Irish Crown Jewels disappear from Dublin Castle in 1907
WATCH: An incredible tram ride through 1901 Belfast
WATCH: Irish dance of yesteryear, amazing historic footage
The Irish and Irish American signatories of the Declaration of Independence
175,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Genealogy
