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.
On This Day: Thomas MacDonagh, the Easter Rising leader, was executed
Relishing "Mná na hÉireann" by Kate Bush for St. Brigid's Day
The enduring traditions of St. Brigid's Day
Imbolc marks the Irish pagan start of spring - something is stirring
Prayers and blessings to honor St. Brigid
The Celtic and Catholic traditions of St. Brigid and her cross
St. Brigid Day is now a bank holiday! Move over, St. Patrick!
Ireland's best places to visit - from natural beauty to a dose of craic!
On This Day: Iconic Irish writer William Butler Yeats died in 1939
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
Tír Na nÓg - The legend of Oisín, Niamh and land of eternal youth
The storytelling keepers of Ireland's rich folklore heritage
WATCH: A Christmas shopping sneak peek in 1963 Dublin
The eight sacred Celtic holidays of the year
From Dublin drunk to Burmese monk - the Irishman who became the first western Buddhist monk
Genealogy