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.
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When you dream, you can succeed - Grand Marshal of NYC’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
Ten things you probably didn't know about the Celts
Now the Russians are claiming St. Patrick as their own
Most popular Irish boys and girls names change dramatically
What would America look like without the Irish?
Babies' teeth from Ireland’s Great Hunger unlock medical history
Donegal in Pennsylvania: chain emigration and the American Civil War pension files
Blarney Stone myths rubbished by Scottish geologists
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
History
Ireland's most famous witchcraft trials
What you should know about Irish American mobster “The Irishman” Danny Greene
WATCH: Drive back in time through 1970s Dublin with this rare video
Original historic US documents to go on display in Belfast this year
On This Day: Winston Churchill ordered Black and Tans into Ireland in 1920
Genealogy
