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.
An Cailleach - the Irish goddess of the winter and following her trail in Ireland
Irish American first name voted scientifically “most beautiful”
On This Day: Easter Rising hero Padraig Pearse born in 1879
On This Day: John F. Kennedy declared winner of 1960 US Presidential Election
The Irish hands that built the Empire State Building
On This Day: IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, 12 killed
On This Day: Irish troops killed in the Niemba massacre in Congo
Mick the Miller: The most successful greyhound of all time
Guy Fawkes was killed trying to restore a Catholic to British throne
Most read
- 1 Silly Irish jokes that are sure to make you laugh!
- 2 Irish blessings and prayers for funerals
- 3 An Irish twist on a winning comfort food - bangers and mash
- 4 Traditional Irish recipes for a taste of home
- 5 On This Day: The fiercest blizzard of the 'Big Snow' of 1947 hit Ireland
- 6 Symbol of Ireland: the Irish harp's sweet music and myth
- 7 How the heroic Irish won the American Revolution
- 8 Why Ireland should be your must-visit food destination in 2026
- 9 The Irishman who discovered South Pass and the Oregon Trail
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