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.
Random and weird facts about Ireland
The meanings behind ancient Celtic Irish symbols
Who is your Irish patron saint?
Rare Irish baby names that deserve their time in the spotlight
Columbus was a mass killer and the father of the slave trade
Did St. Brendan arrive in America before Christopher Columbus?
This 'new' Irish baby name has had a sudden spike in popularity
How my orphaned father rediscovered his Irish family
Heartwarming - and funny! - Irish sayings to remind you of the strength of family
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
