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.
St. Brigid Day is now a bank holiday! Move over, St. Patrick!
Ireland's little-known Mermaid Saint
On This Day: “The Playboy of the Western World” opens at Dublin's Abbey Theater
The unique Irish boy name given to three babies in Ireland last year
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's work influenced by his Irish roots, say family
Recalling my emigrant journey to London from rural Ireland in 1960
Albert F. Coyle: The forgotten Irish American hero of the Holocaust
Brigit 2025: Dublin City celebrates woman this spring with over 80 events
Beat Blue Monday 2025 with these Irish words of wisdom
Most read
- 1 Your complete guide to Irish passport and citizenship through descent
- 2 Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
- 3 Irish American Hollywood star Grace Kelly remembered on anniversary of her death
- 4 Is Biden an Irish name?
- 5 The Joyce clan of Galway, from Norman settlers to creators of the beloved Claddagh ring
- 6 Inspiring Irish and Irish American quotes
- 7 "Now we're in a position to say to America: you come to Ireland"
- 8 A nine-month journey for the Irish soul you haven't quite met yet
- 9 From Spanish Armada to World War II, explore the Wild Atlantic Way's sunken ships
History
Forty-six years ago today Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks, fueled by Irish pride
How an Irish maid saved Emily Dickinson's poetry
Help trace the story of the Baron of Broadway, the Irishman who made and lost fortunes
From Spanish Armada to World War II, explore the Wild Atlantic Way's sunken ships
Irish American Hollywood star Grace Kelly remembered on anniversary of her death
Genealogy
